When I tried to Make two hard disk together(One Slave,One Master)the Mother B only detect the master ,sometime not(No IDE 1 detect)But always it canot get Slave..specially this problem apper for MAXTOR Harddisk....I make All IDE AUTO..but No change,same done...Can anybody help me....
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Check both hard drives for jumper position. A typical layout will be: master jumper in master position (see label on back or top of drive), then slave drive jumper in slave position. These jumpers are small and sometimes require the use of needle-nose pliers. Also, the data cable issue: A typical dual drive cable looks like one connector that is physically at the end of a cable yet farther apart than the other two. This gets connected to the motherboard. At the other end of this cable, you will see a connector (for master drive) and nearby, another connector (for slave drive). If your drives support the CAS mode (cable select), then it is irrelevant which connector these drives belong to (assuming you use the 2 closer connectors). If not, it is is imperative that the drive jumpers be properly positioned as described above.
Finally, if the above steps were followed and still same problem, then change the BIOS setting from AUTO to forced type. Some BIOS's require the CAS mode to be present on both drives. This can get complicated, but simply write down the settings from each drive (ex: cylinders, sectors, heads...) and then type in these settings at the BIOS screen.
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AUTO search harddrive will not detect the harddrives in the bios list but loads by position priority by the used bus the first ide or sata set it to manual in the page where you see auto by double click or older machines by tab and + - or arrows its depending on the brand of the bios. ami or phoenix , dells bios building by separate companies or award or somewhere . first release the battery a minute and replace if its empty if you have no booting harddisk if you have only 1 ide harddisk the are sometimes neccesary by different jumper settings to set it for the single drive only instead of master or slave with the one jumper setting for master on the end of a ide cable and the slave on the second drive both on one cable in ide pos 0 the hoighest priority look on the drive self or on internet that your bios will see the brand in the bios and info of the used hard disk. single drive only jumper setting Google zoeken
If you don't put jumper in harddrive is detects it as cable select means if you connect your harddrive to middle socket of ide cable and then it detects it as slave but if you connect it at the end of ide cable it detects as slave.But make sure that otehr device is not set as master only 1 device is set as master or slave . Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa.
For now I myself cannot give you a proper answer, but i can give a couple of options and/or rather a couple of tips on how can you make your computer detect your harddrive.
First i'd like you to provide the following: 1. Your computer specs.
Let's proceed to the tips:
1. Make sure the pin allocation is correct. ( You will find a 8 pins at the edge of your harddisk) This pins must be bonded together correctly for your computer to tell whether your harddisk is the master or the slave. 2. Check the IDE or SATA cable and see to it that it is properly connected to your hard disk and to your motherboard port. 3. Check the BIOS and see if the harddisk is enabled or not. At the side of the hard disk's name in BIOS you will see (well most of BIOS has this thingy) an option, this option is the detect option, click it and see if it does detect your harddisk.
If the tips above didn't work kindly update this post and kindly provide what i asked you to then we will fix you problem in no time.
setup the first drive as slave ( sometimes No Jumper ) then the furthest away drive as Master.
If this fails, and you have 2 IDE Slots on the motherboard. ( Primary/Secondary ) Put 1 drive on primary as Slave. And DVD Rom As Master ( same Cable ) Then put second drive On Secondary IDE Slot. ( Set As Master Or Slave )
If none of these solutions Work For you, check to see if Both Channels are activated in the Bios.
IDE Cable with 3 connectors (you have 1 or need to buy 1) : - blue: conn to motherboard - black: conn to master HD - grey: conn to slave HD Cable (select:) cable will auto detect with most modern HD's from same type (SATA it was i think) and you need to go to you're BIOS, set up cable select for the HD's. Maybe best to set up master first, not both at same time. If you have a SATA and ATA set up the master first, then other. So if SATA is slafe but it in grey connector, otherwise black. For an ATA you might need a converter cable for the power, most motherboards don't have 1.
put hard drive as Master. dvd rw as slave! if DVD comes with sata then just put hard drive as master. configure it on the bios setting! if it still don't detect it try replacing IDE cable and sata cable!
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