Error installing a 2nd HD... HELP!!

[masterely]

Hello everyone. I come here to ask for help regarding a Hard
Drive-related error.

You see, my friend has this Seagate 20GB HD NTFS format with WinXP Pro
installed and since his computer's not functioning due to a faulty
Video Card, he gave me his HD so I could use it as my second HD.
So I installed the Hard Drive and place the jumpers to set the new
drive as PRIMARY SLAVE since that's what the instructions on the HD's
label instructed.

My computer by the way has a Maxtor 40GB HD FAT32 Format running on
WinME as my Primary Master with a DVD-ROM Drive set as Secondary
Master while my CD Burner Drive set as Secondary Slave. These are my
settings BEFORE I installed the new drive.

Now, when I boot my PC, suddenly, the diagnostic screen scans for my
RAM per MB count, which usually does not happen. Next, after the PC
reads my Samsung HD as Primary Master, my PC takes time to read the
other drives and then suddenly displays an error message saying
there's a conflict in some-code-I-dont-understand regarding PCI slot
2. Now I frowned since this is the first time I ever encountered this
kind of error after installing a few other temporary 2nd HDs. So I
removed the new drive to try figure out what happened. The error still
persisted after a lot of reboots even though I restored my BIOS to
it's original settings and completely dettached the new HD. I resumed
loading WinME and while windows was loading, it displayed a New
Hardware Window and said it found PCI Slot 2 as a new Hardware that
needs to be installed. I chose to search for the best drivers
available since it was recommended, but after a while it displayed a
message saying it did not properly installed the new hardware... and
my DVD Drive and CD Drive are acting weird! Now, I have no clue
what to do, so I decided to ask other people's help since I'm a rookie
at this level of techy stuff.

Thanks in advance.

 

[CJT]

Hello everyone. I come here to ask for help regarding a Hard
Drive-related error.

You see, my friend has this Seagate 20GB HD NTFS format with WinXP Pro
installed and since his computer's not functioning due to a faulty
Video Card, he gave me his HD so I could use it as my second HD.
So I installed the Hard Drive and place the jumpers to set the new
drive as PRIMARY SLAVE since that's what the instructions on the HD's
label instructed.

My computer by the way has a Maxtor 40GB HD FAT32 Format running on
WinME as my Primary Master with a DVD-ROM Drive set as Secondary
Master while my CD Burner Drive set as Secondary Slave. These are my
settings BEFORE I installed the new drive.

Now, when I boot my PC, suddenly, the diagnostic screen scans for my
RAM per MB count, which usually does not happen. Next, after the PC
reads my Samsung HD as Primary Master, my PC takes time to read the
other drives and then suddenly displays an error message saying
there's a conflict in some-code-I-dont-understand regarding PCI slot
2. Now I frowned since this is the first time I ever encountered this
kind of error after installing a few other temporary 2nd HDs. So I
removed the new drive to try figure out what happened. The error still
persisted after a lot of reboots even though I restored my BIOS to
it's original settings and completely dettached the new HD. I resumed
loading WinME and while windows was loading, it displayed a New
Hardware Window and said it found PCI Slot 2 as a new Hardware that
needs to be installed. I chose to search for the best drivers
available since it was recommended, but after a while it displayed a
message saying it did not properly installed the new hardware... and
my DVD Drive and CD Drive are acting weird! Now, I have no clue
what to do, so I decided to ask other people's help since I'm a rookie
at this level of techy stuff.

Thanks in advance.

My guess is you disturbed whatever is in PCI slot 2 while installing
the drive.

 

[Arno Wagner]

My guess is you disturbed whatever is in PCI slot 2 while installing
the drive.

I second than. Other alternative is a marginal PSU that was
sent over the edge by the extra load.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

I second than.

Typical Babblebot response when he hasn't got a clue, as always.

Other alternative is a marginal PSU that
was sent over the edge by the extra load.

Pity the problem persists after the drive is removed again

 

[Rod Speed]

Hello everyone. I come here to ask for help regarding a Hard Drive-related error.

I doubt it is a hard drive related error, looks like something else entirely.

You see, my friend has this Seagate 20GB HD NTFS format with WinXP
Pro installed and since his computer's not functioning due to a faulty
Video Card, he gave me his HD so I could use it as my second HD.

So I installed the Hard Drive and place the jumpers
to set the new drive as PRIMARY SLAVE since that's
what the instructions on the HD's label instructed.

The label didnt say that.

My computer by the way has a Maxtor 40GB HD FAT32 Format
running on WinME as my Primary Master with a DVD-ROM Drive
set as Secondary Master while my CD Burner Drive set as Secondary
Slave. These are my settings BEFORE I installed the new drive.

You dont say what you did with the original primary slave
or where you actually installed the 'new' drive cable wise.

Now, when I boot my PC, suddenly, the diagnostic screen scans
for my RAM per MB count, which usually does not happen.

Then you must have somehow reset the bios for that to start happening.

Next, after the PC reads my Samsung HD as Primary Master,

Where has the Samsung come from ? You havent mentioned it before.

my PC takes time to read the other drives and then suddenly displays
an error message saying there's a conflict in some-code-I-dont-understand
regarding PCI slot 2.

Likely the result of the bios being reset, which produced the full memory check too.

Now I frowned since this is the first time I ever encountered
this kind of error after installing a few other temporary 2nd HDs.

You presumably didnt reset the bios before, or got the full memory check either.

So I removed the new drive to try figure out what happened.
The error still persisted after a lot of reboots even though I
restored my BIOS to it's original settings

I doubt you actually did that even tho you think you did.

and completely dettached the new HD. I resumed loading
WinME and while windows was loading, it displayed a
New Hardware Window and said it found PCI Slot 2
as a new Hardware that needs to be installed.

What is very unusual, you sure it wasnt talking
about the CARD in PCI Slot 2 instead ?

I chose to search for the best drivers available since it was
recommended, but after a while it displayed a message
saying it did not properly installed the new hardware...

What have you actually got installed in PCI Slot 2 ?

and my DVD Drive and CD Drive are acting weird!

Weird in what way ?