tipsyhitman
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« on: Jan 28, 2007, 04:39 PM » |
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Ok I got this old computer so its a small harddrive. I managed to get another harddrive. I need help hooking it up to the motherboard.
My Computer Specs:
HP Vectra VL
nVidia Geforce 440mx
320 ram
450mhz processor
Floppy Drive
4GB HardDrive
Wireless Internet
Windows 2000
Floppy Drive (I dont use it)
CD-Rom (used for cd games)
If anyone could help here is my contact info:
AIM: swat2sniper1
msn: hawkins83 [at] gmail [dot] com
I also have teamspeak.
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LostArtofRolando
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 28, 2007, 04:48 PM » |
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Odds are there's already another slot on your IDE cable... If you look at the cable connecting to your old Hard Drive, it should already be connected (this is the IDE cable, usually grey with a blue stripe running along one of the edges.) If there's not an available slot on it, your new hard drive probably also came with an IDE cable, which connects to the motherboard in a slot that is obvious that only an IDE cable can fit in.
Next, make sure you have the little jumpers (little pieces of plastic fit over metal pins in an area right next to where the IDE cable hooks up) set so one is the master and one is the slave. If the IDE is connected and it knows which one is the master/slave, you're good to go.
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 28, 2007, 05:30 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: Jan 28, 2007, 05:40 PM » |
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Assuming you have Windows/Linux/Some operating system on the drive that was already in that computer, here's what you'll want to do:
Leave that first drive's jumpers set to Master and leave it on the end connector of the IDE cable (the one labeled Master on the cable), with the cable's base end (the one labeled CPU end) plugged into the motherboard in the port where it was (labeled Primary IDE channel).
Set the second drive's jumpers (assuming that's the drive in the pictures) to be a Device 1 (Slave). It should be the Top Middle Left (4th from the left, top row) configuration that uses two jumpers. This drive should be plugged into the remaining IDE port.
At this point, with power connected to everything, you should be able to power on and use the drive. If not, you will need to go into BIOS and ensure that IDE Channel 0 Slave (there will be a setting there somewhere) is set to Auto and not None. It should pick up then.
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #4 on: Jan 28, 2007, 05:49 PM » |
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I think i dont have another ide. This is so confusing  |
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« Reply #5 on: Jan 28, 2007, 05:57 PM » |
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In picture 1, the IDE cable on the top going into the Primary IDE Channel should be connecting to your first hard drive. You should have an open IDE port on that cable that you can connect your second hard drive to (it should be between the motherboard and the already-connected hard drive).
Likely, your CD drives will be on the Secondary IDE Channel.
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 28, 2007, 06:00 PM » |
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Ok, i gotcha. thats all i need to do tho? what do i do for power?
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 28, 2007, 06:04 PM » |
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On the right side of the drive, there's a 4-pin connection (it's molded so it will only fit in one direction). Just plug any open one of those in and you should be good to go.
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« Reply #8 on: Jan 28, 2007, 06:05 PM » |
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I got it to work thanks alot guys  |
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« Last Edit: Jan 28, 2007, 06:24 PM by tipsyhitman »
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Catfish
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« Reply #9 on: Jan 28, 2007, 06:38 PM » |
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Glad to help |
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jitspoe
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« Reply #10 on: Jan 29, 2007, 04:55 PM » |
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Holy crap, are those ISA cards?
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« Reply #11 on: Jan 29, 2007, 06:55 PM » |
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lol, yes
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« Reply #12 on: Jan 29, 2007, 06:56 PM » |
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What do you mean ISA cards? At first it looked like NSA, I was like wtf, i dont only any National Security Agency cards. Well the vid card is pci same with wireless.
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« Reply #13 on: Jan 29, 2007, 07:03 PM » |
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ISA is how cards were connected before PCI, AGP, PCI-e. It's now obsolete and old as crap, basically. You're not going to find new hardware made using that bus. According to the article below, ISA was replaced by PCI in 1993 so we're talking about a format that's going on 15 years since it was the standard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Standard_Architecture |
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« Reply #14 on: Jan 29, 2007, 09:06 PM » |
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Good lord, 1993?
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« Reply #15 on: Feb 01, 2007, 02:41 PM » |
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i suggest buying a new computer...
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