i have a seagate st340015a hard drive that i tried to make a slave in my emachine t3516, the bios won't display it. i even tried it as a master. tried everything under the sun except seatools iso bootable disk no iso software on system or floppy drive. was thinking about adding pci ide controller card but from what i have seen that might not work, was thinking about gettting external enclosure but that might not work also, any suggestions.
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bios won't pick up slave hard drive, or as a master
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derfan0,
Things to double-check or try:
1) Make sure the other device on the same channel (if there is one) is not using cable-select
2) Make sure that the "Master" device is attached to the end of the IDE cable, and the "Slave" is using the middle connector.
3) Try the Seagate drive on its own IDE channel (secondary likely) set as master
4) Try replacing the secondary IDE channel cable with a known-good 80-wire one, if 3) wasn't successful
~cdogg
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Things to double-check or try:
1) Make sure the other device on the same channel (if there is one) is not using cable-select
2) Make sure that the "Master" device is attached to the end of the IDE cable, and the "Slave" is using the middle connector.
3) Try the Seagate drive on its own IDE channel (secondary likely) set as master
4) Try replacing the secondary IDE channel cable with a known-good 80-wire one, if 3) wasn't successful
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
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The drive itself is likely damaged. Try it in another PC to be sure.
When you say you've "[blue]tried that[/blue]", I'm assuming you mean you've tried all 4 suggestions...
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
When you say you've "[blue]tried that[/blue]", I'm assuming you mean you've tried all 4 suggestions...
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
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