Problem detecting hard disks.

Majik · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:00

I've recently just built a new computer with a 500gb sata drive. I installed Windows XP and got some basic programs installed/updates etc.

Then I pulled my two old hard disks from my previous computer both are IDE. I've since plugged them in but them computer doesn't pick up either of them. However If I remove the master IDE it will pick up the slave IDE.

I have a ASUS P5K-E mobo.

Anyone know how I can go about detecting these drives either in xp or bios?

Majik · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:31

Yeah everything is set correctly, they both work individually on the salve IDE cable they just won't work as a pair on master & slave. Nothing wrong with the cable though because I tried a DVD drive through the master and it picked up fine.

Majik · 12 Jun 2008 at 15:54

Both are Maxtor hard disks.

Both jumpers are placed vertically and one pin in from the left.

Like so,

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Majik · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:39

I'll give it a whirl, cheers fellas.

Majik · 12 Jun 2008 at 19:17

Well I've set the first as master and second as slave via the jumpers and they are plugged into the IDE cable in that order but still neither of them are detected.

Only one its detecting is my 500gb sata drive.

Any other ideas?

Majik · 12 Jun 2008 at 20:12

I can't find them in disk management and I've tried various jumper settings for both.

They are old drives and im having trouble finding the actual jumper settings for them. They aren't on hard disk anywhere either. Maxtor Diamondmax 160GB IDE drives.

I've tried.

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None of those have worked so far.

They don't show up in bios, all I see in bios is a list of SATA ports showing whats connected and whats not.