I installed 1 m more ram and everything seemed fine for a while. Then one day it simply wouldn't boot. I've used the XP Home boot disk and have run setup, but still can't get it to find the HD (WD 800JD Caviar). Got a new SATA cable and have tried all the SATA data plugins - nothing. The HD is getting power and under Setup it is listed as an option for Primary Boot. Setting it as primary doesn't do any good either. I had the HD checked and was told that it was not corrupted. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Pull out the new RAM chips and install the old one or ones and see if it boots ok. I had this same problem. This can also be caused by no using matched sets of RAM chips. In my case I added one and used the factory one as well, caused the same issue as you have.
SOURCE: WD Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 not recognized at install
Windows XP does not have built in SATA drivers. You will need to download the XP drivers from Western Digital's website and install before the computer will allow you to format and use your new drive. Hope this helps.
SOURCE: i have a 320 as my primary and i want 2 ad a 500
The SATA Drives do not need jumpers to set primary and secondary drive positions. Each sata drive gets it's own connection to the motherboard. Check you motherboard diagram, and make sure the 320GB drive is plugged into the 1st sata controler, and that the 500GB drive is connected to the 2nd.
SOURCE: Got the following message: SATA Primary Hard Disk
It means that you've got a bad hard drive.
SOURCE: i need firmware for Western Digital WD Caviar Blue
If you are troubleshooting a system or OS problem, you should not consider firmware updates until after exploring more typical troubleshooting steps like file system error checking and anti-virus scanning. If you are troubleshooting a system or OS problem, you should not consider firmware updates until after exploring more typical troubleshooting steps like file system error checking and anti-virus scanning. hope this helps you
try uninstalling a few unnecessary programs then click start run type cmd then type chkdsk/r/f which will scan for and attempt to fix any bad sectors and automatically fix any corrupt files on your hard drive this should schedule the task on restart then defragment your hard drive
http://download.cnet.com/western-digital-disk-manager/3000-2122_4-10008018.html
This file contains the most up-to-date Disk Manager drivers for Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5.1. This file fixes numerous issues, especially those with IBM PS/1 Value Point machines. These drivers will replace Ddloader.bin and Xbios.ovl files that were installed with previous versions of Disk Manager.
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