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wholly crap......!!!! I'm gonna go try reversing the order and see what happens. *fingers crossed* -Chris

Okay now that ive gotten everything working, i then tried to install Linspire on the old drive, thinking it would just add onto the files that are already there.. Course knowing me, I forgot that linspire is LINUX and therefore would FORMAT the harddrive due to it not being the correct file...

Meant to tell u guys a long time ago, but I ordered the LCD connector from parts-people.com and it came, and i installed it and its working perfectly!! Thanks a lot for the reference bcastner and thanks for the help also everyone else! -Chris

so u mean i could try de-soldering the wires and then soldering them in the opposite way? like instead of (from left to right) red, black, black, yellow; i could try yellow, black, black red? or would that not do any difference? Well if this doesn't work, do u know of a place where i could...

well i tried it, but when i plugged it in it starts to turn on and then does these weird clicking noises and then about 30 seconds later, it quits. One time of trying it (after re-doing the soldering) the computer turned off after the harddrive quit (10 seconds after actually) and then a few...

Thanks. BTW I still haven't gotten around to getting a soldering iron and a molex extender yet. How much solder would u guys recommend me putting in?

Ooooh that's exactly what I was thinking about after I posted. lol. I'll go to the computer store and ask for a molex extender cable. So this way I can solder the wires from the new extender cable into the harddrive pins and the opposite end can plug into one of the original computer molexes...

LOL I just got it to work... I was sitting here thinking of reinstalling XP Pro and what programs I would reinstall, and then I thought about WinXP Manager, and it hit me: Theres a bloody option called "Disable auto-detect all IDE drives during startup" ... I turned this option off, applied...

Actually, what if I just got some thick wires and put them into one of my existing molexes and soldered the opposite end into the harddrive. That way I could take the harddrive out and still use the molex for another device. Would this work, and what type of wiring should I look at? Is it...

THANK YOU! I am glad to see that there are solutions to this! I will get one when I can get to a computer store and try it, thanks much! I'll reply back with the results.

I tried it and now I got to the point to where both harddrives and the DVD burner will show up on the device list in the BIOS. Computer boots up like normal on the main harddrive and the new harddrive is indeed showing up and working like normal, but the DVD Drive still isn't showing up...

Ive had a WesternDigital WD2000 200GB harddrive for about a year now that hasnt been usable and I just got the urge to get it fixed. (I'm not talking about the Maxtor one that I just bought that I mentioned in a different thread of mine, this is a different HD) I'll just attach a link to a...

thanks guys, i'll go and get some new (longer) IDE cables, and i'll report back the results

I'm trying to install a new 120GB Maxtor DiamondMax10 (6L120P0) harddrive into my Dell Dimension 3000 PC... I can get to the point where the computer BIOS will tell me there are two harddrives and a "CDROM" drive (Actually it's a BenQ DVD8631 dvd burner), which is all true. But when I boot...

Ahh thank you guys, that is VERY helpful, particularly as I didn't want to deal with dell, warranties, etc... Hell I dont even know if i have a warranty, its a few years old. Anyway, I'll contact the people at the website and see what they say, and yes he still has fingers, i wont do anything...

I uploaded two pictures of my laptop screen connector that got torn when someone picked it up after i cleaned it and hadn't screwed everything together on the laptop yet. What an idiot (the guy that picked it up by grabbing the screen!). Anyway, I'm wondering if there is a replacement...