No HDs are recognized

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Firona Mouse

Hi,

I just installed a second hard drive (setup as slave), but when I
rebooted my computer no hard drive was recognized and the motherboard
clock was reset.

The computer asked me whether I wanted to hit F1 to reboot or F2 to go
into the setup. I went into the setup and neither hard disk was shown.
My CD-ROM drive and floppy are fine - but no hard disks. (I even tried
to setup the new hard disk as master, but it also wasn't recognized.)

The last thing I tried was plugging the cables back (so only the master
was connected), but that didn't help either...

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Firona
 
I just installed a second hard drive (setup as slave), but when I rebooted my
computer no hard drive was recognized and the motherboard clock was reset.
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That clock reset looks like you broke something.
The computer asked me whether I wanted to hit F1 to reboot or F2 to go into
the setup. I went into the setup and neither hard disk was shown. My CD-ROM
drive and floppy are fine - but no hard disks. (I even tried to setup the new
hard disk as master, but it also wasn't recognized.)
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The last thing I tried was plugging the cables back (so only the master was
connected), but that didn't help either...
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Try another ribbon cable, you may well have broken that.

Do the drives actually spin up now ?
 
Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I did try to change the ribbon cable after I
noticed that a little part was missing from the original one - but still
nothing was recognized.


Thanks,
Firona
 
Thanks for your reply. I did try to change the ribbon cable after I noticed
that a little part was missing from the original one - but still nothing was
recognized.
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Do the drives actually spin up ?

If they do, try resetting the cmos.

The loss of motherboard system time is a real worry, that
is usually only seen with a major power glitch or some rather
ham fisted physical changes which manage to reset the cmos.
 
The loss of motherboard system time is a real worry, that
is usually only seen with a major power glitch or some rather
ham fisted physical changes which manage to reset the cmos.
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How long can you expect the battery to do the backup properly?

Is there some kind of warning that the battery is flaking out?
 
How long can you expect the battery to do the backup properly?
Months/years.

Is there some kind of warning that the battery is flaking out?
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Yeah, you lose the system time when the system is turned off overnight.

That usually happens before the system starts
complaining about cmos checksum errors at boot time.
 
The loss of motherboard system time is a real worry, that
is usually only seen with a major power glitch or some rather
ham fisted physical changes which manage to reset the cmos.
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Bullshit.
 
(e-mail address removed) (Bob) wrote in server.houston.rr.com:
How long can you expect the battery to do the backup properly?
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For CR3032 Li-ion cells, which most mobos use, the lifetime is
usually longer than 10 years. Obviously a defective or abused cell
may run out earlier, but that is very unusual.
Is there some kind of warning that the battery is flaking out?
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The cell has a nominal output of 3.0v. New cells exceed that by a
smidgeon. A reading of less than 2.8 indicates it's on its way out.

The external indication is that CMOS resets to factory defaults
after being switched off for a while. That includes the system
clock which will typically go back several years.
 
<bullshit pasted response flushed where it belongs>

Rod, Anyone with a clue knows that a major failure candidate for
loss of system time and BIOS settings is the CMOS memory backup
cell. It took Bob's post to remind you, bullshitter.
 
Kinell said:
(e-mail address removed) (Bob) wrote in server.houston.rr.com:

For CR3032 Li-ion cells, which most mobos use, the lifetime is
usually longer than 10 years. Obviously a defective or abused cell
may run out earlier, but that is very unusual.

The cell has a nominal output of 3.0v. New cells exceed that by a
smidgeon. A reading of less than 2.8 indicates it's on its way out.

The external indication is that CMOS resets to factory defaults
after being switched off for a while. That includes the system
clock which will typically go back several years.
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ATX systems with any chipset after 430TX run the RTC from 5VSB, so the
battery does not drain during soft-off. Unplug for an hour to see if the
battery is failing.
 
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
Rod, Anyone with a clue knows that a major failure candidate for loss
of system time and BIOS settings is the CMOS memory backup cell.
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Not when you only see loss of system time when adding
a hard drive, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist.

<reams of your puerile shit any 2 year old
could leave for dead flushed where it belongs>
 
Hi,

after I took out the battery and waited a few hours before putting it
back in, the system is working again!


Thanks everyone for your help!
Firona
 
Some gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
It took Bob's post to remind you,
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Crap. Even someone as stupid as you should be able to
find other examples of where I have said the same thing,
using groups.google, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist.

AND its now clear that resetting the cmos fixed the problem.

You can wipe that egg off your silly little face now, child.
 
AND its now clear that resetting the cmos fixed the problem.
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Does removing battery power have the same effect as restoring the
Default settings in the BIOS user interface?
 
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