Advantage22
May 5th, 2006, 04:17 PM
OK, I'm stumped on this problem with my PC. Here's the details:
1. Have 2 HDDs running on same cable for 2 years. (Seagate boot drive and Maxtor data drive).
2. One day, PC won't boot, blank screen, no POST.
3. Ended up buying in new Mobo (but now I doubt if this is a mobo problem).
Here's the interesting bits:
The PC will not boot if both HDD is installed on the same cable. I have tried:
1. Swapping 3 different IDE cables.
2. Swapped the Master/Slave jumper setting on both.
3. I have to put the 2 HDD's on separate controllers to get the Mobo to boot.
4. And, I get the same blank screen if I add a 2nd drive (DVD burner) on the same cable as the Maxtor (Slave drive I use for data).
Right now I got the PC working again with both HDDs on their own cable/controller. A month or so ago before all of this happened and the 2 drives were happy coexisting together on the same cable and controller, there was a few times when I could read the D (maxtor) drive. And I get some jibberish for the drive manufactor ID when I looked in the BIOS. But if I rebooted, the D drive worked again.
I am beginning to think the Maxtor drive is bad. Maybe there is short in it or something and since it's 2 years old, it's out of warranty (buying FS retail drives sux). Do you think I'm right? And what are my options here, can I put in a 3rd HDD in the SATA controller (the mobo have both IDE and SATA) and back up my data?
1. Have 2 HDDs running on same cable for 2 years. (Seagate boot drive and Maxtor data drive).
2. One day, PC won't boot, blank screen, no POST.
3. Ended up buying in new Mobo (but now I doubt if this is a mobo problem).
Here's the interesting bits:
The PC will not boot if both HDD is installed on the same cable. I have tried:
1. Swapping 3 different IDE cables.
2. Swapped the Master/Slave jumper setting on both.
3. I have to put the 2 HDD's on separate controllers to get the Mobo to boot.
4. And, I get the same blank screen if I add a 2nd drive (DVD burner) on the same cable as the Maxtor (Slave drive I use for data).
Right now I got the PC working again with both HDDs on their own cable/controller. A month or so ago before all of this happened and the 2 drives were happy coexisting together on the same cable and controller, there was a few times when I could read the D (maxtor) drive. And I get some jibberish for the drive manufactor ID when I looked in the BIOS. But if I rebooted, the D drive worked again.
I am beginning to think the Maxtor drive is bad. Maybe there is short in it or something and since it's 2 years old, it's out of warranty (buying FS retail drives sux). Do you think I'm right? And what are my options here, can I put in a 3rd HDD in the SATA controller (the mobo have both IDE and SATA) and back up my data?