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James Andrus
I have a WD Caviar 22100 I would like to use to hack around with on my
second PC (PC2) (I hate to screw around with my working systems on either
PC). The funny thing is that this HD works poorly on the spare PC: anywhere
from 50% to 90% of the time it will not spin up. When it does spin up, it
works but hangs up later. On the other PC (#1, an HP) it works fine. If I
merely connect the power cable, it spins right up (PC 2). I tried several
different IDE cables and nothing helps.
I have two HDs that I use for serious work. One runs fine on either PC, and
the other ran fine on both the last time I tried (it is now dedicated to PC
1).
All statements above are based on "single" jumper settings.
I cannot find any settings in my bios that looks like it would help. The
only thing I can think is that the MB (SOYO) on the spare PC (2) must put
out a signal that isn't strong enough to wake up this old HD. Does this
sound right? Any constructive advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Jim Andrus
second PC (PC2) (I hate to screw around with my working systems on either
PC). The funny thing is that this HD works poorly on the spare PC: anywhere
from 50% to 90% of the time it will not spin up. When it does spin up, it
works but hangs up later. On the other PC (#1, an HP) it works fine. If I
merely connect the power cable, it spins right up (PC 2). I tried several
different IDE cables and nothing helps.
I have two HDs that I use for serious work. One runs fine on either PC, and
the other ran fine on both the last time I tried (it is now dedicated to PC
1).
All statements above are based on "single" jumper settings.
I cannot find any settings in my bios that looks like it would help. The
only thing I can think is that the MB (SOYO) on the spare PC (2) must put
out a signal that isn't strong enough to wake up this old HD. Does this
sound right? Any constructive advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Jim Andrus