Been a while since I put a Computer together...question

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Do you have the drive set to "master" on the jumper settings?<br><br>That might cause a hard disk failure if it's not set up properly.<br><br> <p><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><left><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br>"Politics, war, martial arts;<br>these are tools to bend the <br>universe to your will."</left><br><br><br><p><i>Edited by: <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/uxmengambit.sho ... ge=EN>XMEN Gambit</a> <img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/images/x.gif> at: 7/14/02 8:16:26 pm</i></p></p><i></i>

[ITIMAN]

Yes Asha, I have the Primary HD set to master...<br><br>I have been reading online and it could be a couple of more things like a bad HD, Bad MB or the pins are not connected.....<br><br>I am still trying to make it work...<br> <p><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/itiman. ... der="0"<BR> </left>Proud Member of the XMEN <BR></left>Proud Member of the [DTM] and THZ<br></left><b> Stop and be Thankful for what you have today!</b><br><b></left> Did someone Say "Chicken Fajitas!!"<br></b></p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Are any of your pins bent? Or is one of them torn off into the IDE cable?<br><br> <p><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><left><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br>"Politics, war, martial arts;<br>these are tools to bend the <br>universe to your will."</left><br><br><br><p><i>Edited by: <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/uxmengambit.sho ... ge=EN>XMEN Gambit</a> <img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/images/x.gif> at: 7/14/02 8:16:26 pm</i></p></p><i></i>

[ITIMAN]

YAHOOO!!! I went and bought a new 40 gig for 69.99 at Circuit City and BOOM it works.....<br><br>I have successfully loaded Win 2000....<br><br>All is ok now. <br><br>It was a bad drive I guess, Thanks to everyone who helped out...... Thanks Iceman for the tip on the Western Digital return policy, I am going to do that now......<br><br>XMENITIMAN[DTM] <p><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/itiman. ... der="0"<BR> </left>Proud Member of the XMEN <BR></left>Proud Member of the [DTM] and THZ<br></left><b> Stop and be Thankful for what you have today!</b><br><b></left> Did someone Say "Chicken Fajitas!!"<br></b></p><i></i>