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tan123

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    bios does not detect good IDE
    « on: May 13, 2010, 08:08:44 PM »
    here goes...

    I have an ASROCK board with AMD 2800+, 1.0GB ram and 2 HD 120GB master and 80 GB slave, cracked XP pro sp3 (i think).

    I'm trying to fix a friends PC and ended up screwing up mine...

    i had decided to plug his 160 GB slave instead of mine in order to format it.  I plugged it in the right place the jumper was on good, but it didn't work. so i decided to replug my own slave, now i get the NTLDR is missing message.  i tried booting from CD to repair win xp, didn't work. 

    what i noticed is that when i enter BIOS the IDE 0 info is WD1600, when it should be WD1200JB.  I cant change it, i tried to load default in bios, i tried with only the master plugged, i took out the battery from the board.  Bios still identifies IDE0 as WD1600.

    I've tried so many things i don't even remember them all and their results.  one thing i know is that none of the things i did worked.

    can someone point me in the right direction??
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    patio

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    Re: bios does not detect good IDE
    « Reply #1 on: May 13, 2010, 08:14:22 PM »
    Remove the battery longer than 10 minutes...
    Double check the drive(s) jumpers and cable positions.....
    Replace the IDE cable with a brand new one...
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      Re: bios does not detect good IDE
      « Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 09:52:13 PM »
      Yes thats really the right way...
      DO it & confirm
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      Re: bios does not detect good IDE
      « Reply #3 on: May 14, 2010, 06:18:24 AM »
      Quote from: funnyman_123 on May 13, 2010, 09:52:13 PM
      Yes thats really the right way...
      DO it & confirm
      ::)  ;D
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      tan123

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        Re: bios does not detect good IDE
        « Reply #4 on: May 18, 2010, 07:43:45 PM »
        it worked!!  well, kinda...  i removed the battery overnight, put it back in and for a strange reason i didn't loose the time and date....  but while replacing the battery i noticed the clrCMOS solder points, tried that instead and it worked...

        but why did plugging a HD screw everything up??  i must have done that 100 times and it always worked, why wasn't i able to do it with that one??

        thank you so much for your fast answers and sorry for my long delay to reply
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        Re: bios does not detect good IDE
        « Reply #5 on: May 19, 2010, 09:54:25 AM »
        Quote from: tan123 on May 18, 2010, 07:43:45 PM
        1.  ...  i removed the battery overnight, put it back in and for a strange reason i didn't loose the time and date....  but while replacing the battery i noticed the clrCMOS solder points, tried that instead and it worked...
        2.  but why did plugging a HD screw everything up??  i must have done that 100 times and it always worked, why wasn't i able to do it with that one??...
        1.  Was the computer still plugged in?
        2.  It's a computer, that's it's destiny.
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