I just put a new hard drive on this computer and now I have this problem: - At boot up I get this error: Prim Slave Drive: Atapy Incompatible Sec Master Drive: Atapy Incompatible Press F1 to Resume. Pressing F1 loads Windows, but I want to get rid of this error. I have already checked the jumper configuration on this drives and everything seems to be Ok. Thanks in advance for your help. Robert If anyone know how to understand this Please help me. This is an entry in my firewall security log. I don't know if my computer was hacked. Unauthorized HTTP Access <IP/TCP> xx.xx.xx.xx:63

Is it actually "Atapi" error? There are a few options. Google the error, and you'll get some helpful suggestions. Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Try an 80-wire cable instead of the 40-wire IDE cable that you currently have.

It sounds like you have both drives (master/slave) plugged the same. One must be Master and the other Slave. Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

Your new hard drive will only run as fast as the mboard chipset will let it, even if you use a modern hard drive controller in a slot instead of the IDE on your mboard - in your case if you installed it on the system that has the specs at the beginning of this thread, you are probably limited to UDMA33 or UDMA66 max. The following assumes your mboard chipset will handle UDMA66 or greater - if it only handles UDMA33 you do not need to use 80 wire data cables for UDMA66 or greater hard drives because they cannot run faster than udma33 on your mboard, but you can use them if you like. Assuming the new hard drive is rated UDMA66 or greater, you must use an 80 wire data cable with your hard drive. On an older mboard that has the specs your has at the top of this thread you probably won't get an error message because of that, but the hard drive will not run at the fastest speed it can on your mboard if it is connected to a 40 wire data cable. Assuming that hard drive is the only one you have, the data cable it connects to must be in the Primary (first) IDE socket on the mboard - if the data cable has more than one color of connector, the blue one goes to the mboard end - if all are the same color, the end connector that is farthest from the middle connector on a three connector data cable should go to the mboard, but that's not mandatory. The drive must be jumpered as master, or the drive must be jumpered as cable select (CS) and it must be connected to the END (master) connector on a three connector 80 wire data cable. It sounds like your CD drives are connected to Primary slave, and Secondary master. The cd drive that connects to the same data cable as the hard drive must be jumpered as slave, or jumpered as cable select (CS)and it must be connected to the MIDDLE (slave) connector on a three connector 80 wire data cable. The cd drive that is connected to the Secondary data cable can use either a 40 wire or an 80 wire data cable, as long as there is no hard drive connected to that data cable that is UDMA66 or greater - I have never encountered a CD or DVD drive that requires an 80 wire data cable - a 40 wire data cable will handle up to and including UDMA33 and I have never come across a CD or DVD drive that is rated faster than that. That CD drive on the Secondary data cable must be jumpered as master, or the drive must be jumpered as cable select (CS)and it must be connected to the END (master)connector on a three connector 40 or 80 wire data cable. Use one method of jumpering or the other - it is not advisable to mix jumpering methods. If it is difficult or impossible to have the CD drive on the first, 80 wire, data cable on the middle connector, don't bother jumpering the drives cable select (CS). Rarely, on some old brand name systems, a 40 wire data cable may have printing on the data cable that says cable select or CS - usually those must be used with drives jumpered as cable select (CS), and the drives must be connected to the proper connector position for cable select. If it just has labelling such as mboard, slave for the middle one, and master, usually either jumpering method can be used, and you can ignore the master am=nd slave labels if they don't suit your situation. Personally I never use cable select jumpering. On fairly recent mboards, if the CD drive on the Secondary were set as slave, it will still be recognized - on an old mboard like in your specs it will not be seen properly in that case.