[PLUG] OT: hardware problem (on a linux box)

[Rick Konold]

On Monday 16 February 2004 09:36, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> > IIRC, two WD on the same channel will auto negotiate. A single WD on a
> > cable doesn't like any jumpers at all. A WD with something else needs the
> > jumper, most of the time.
> >
> > If I were you, I'd try unconventional things, like above, to see what I
> > can get going. I'd work one channel at a time.
>
> Mike,
>
>   I tried the new drive with no jumper.
>
> > At the risk of being far too basic, and only because I hadn't seen it
> > listed here recently, I'll mention that many systems will not boot if the
> > pin 1 stripe is not oriented toward the power connector on the IDE
> > device.
>
>   There is no way to easily miss this: the plugs have two, small ridges in
> the center of one side; the socket has a notch in the center of one side.
> Ridges go into notch. This is on both the drives and the system board.
>
> > Does the new drive recognize correctly under any circumstance?
>
>   Nope.
>
> > CSFO is closing their doors, BTW. Should be this month some time.
>
>   Who's this?
>
> Rich

I have seen this "not recognised" problem on systems where the BIOS has been 
set to "none" instead of "auto".  Have you checked BIOS settings?

Rick