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Bios won't detect hd
Name: k ksville Date: April 17, 2003 at 13:53:11 Pacific OS: w95 CPU/Ram: p166mmx/64
Comment:
have a ibm pc350 with lastest bios,
trying to install a fujitsu m1624tau 2.1 GB hd ata2 interface
my chipset is a intel 430hx with ata 16.
is it possible to get this drive to work with this system?
no luck with ibm forums or manuals [have them all pretty vague on these items :(] Thanks!
Name: I help U Date: April 17, 2003 at 15:45:49 Pacific
Reply:
You might have to input the HDD characteristics(Cylinders, sectors, etc) manually into the BIOS. Make sure the color side of you ribbon cable is on pin #1 on your hard drive. Make sure the HDD is jumpered properly(master,slave,etc).
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Response Number 2
Name: k kenny Date: April 17, 2003 at 16:21:09 Pacific
Reply:
jumpers and cables are correct, the bios automatically detects the hard drive, there are no manual settings avaliable,
bios is proprietary to ibm.
thanks for your reply!
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Response Number 3
Name: x86 Date: April 18, 2003 at 02:39:53 Pacific
Reply:
Have you run the setup from the downladable floppies?? from IBM
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Response Number 4
Name: I help U Date: April 18, 2003 at 10:26:57 Pacific
Reply:
You probably should FDISK the HDD and reformat the drive. Get a Win98 boot disk and copy format.com on to it. If your BIOS recognizes it, it is a matter loading dat to it now.
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