On Thursday 09 September 2004 03:33, Fred M.Sloniker wrote:
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:17:57 -0500, Patrick Shanahan
wrote: You might try two things. First, put the aux disk controller card into another slot. If that doesn't work, try installing w/o the aux card installed, and reinstall it after completeion. (if...).
Er, I opened up my computer to try out this advice and found no aux disk controller card. Indeed, all three drives are cabled to the motherboard in various places. The ones for the 120 gig HD look completely unlike those the 80 gig HD has, though; I'm guessing it's not actually IDE, or at least it's a different kind of IDE. Or something. (Hardware isn't my strong suit.)
Anybody else want to take a stab? I can repost all my info to date if you've lost track...
Since no-one's come back, I'll guess that it's a Serial ATA disk and controller, but since I've never seen an SATA system nor dealt with one it seems possible. Maybe post your motherboard details, and a description of the connectors and cables that attach the disk in question? Cheers Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk