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Detecting hard drive
Name: truth349 Date: November 6, 2003 at 01:53:51 Pacific OS: WINXP CPU/Ram: 333/128
Comment:
I recently purchased a used laptop with a 15G hard drive, sold as is of course. Any way the system BIOS does not recognize the hard drive only the CD-rom and floppy. I place that same hard drive into my other laptop and it is recognized and boots up fine. The laptop is a IBM iSeries Thinkpad.
Name: aitrus Date: November 6, 2003 at 06:47:54 Pacific
Reply:
check the connection u might have a blown ide controler
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Response Number 2
Name: george Date: November 6, 2003 at 12:29:08 Pacific
Reply:
Bent pin?
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Response Number 3
Name: Dan Penny Date: November 6, 2003 at 15:40:32 Pacific
Reply:
Don't forget the cable. When you switched the drive, did you use the same cable, (from the non-recognizing system) or the cable in the laptop which recognized it? And as stated, check your pins and controller(s).
I have to admit I've only dabbled in laptops, so I may be way out here. I'm just suggesting basic trouble shooting techniques, so sorry if this doesn't apply. But if you can switch things between the two laptops, (drives/cables) you should be able to narrow down the problem. HTH
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Response Number 4
Name: truth349 Date: November 6, 2003 at 18:22:09 Pacific
Reply:
I did carefully check the pins. I also used the same cables from the laptop I used to troubleshoot with. I am starting to gear towards the bad controller. Thanks for the replies, I really appreicate them.
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