Replace SCSI HD with IDE HD 1

[spiego]

I have a PC w/ a SCSI card that has a HD, CD drive, and a CDRW drive connected to it. The HD is ready to crash on me, so I went out and bought an IDE HD. With the IDE HD, I set the jumper on it to be the master and then connected it into the IDE slot on the MB. I then disconnected the SCSI HD. When I boot up the PC and go into the BIOS and tell it to auto detect, it does not see the IDE HD. How can I get it to see the new HD?

Another peculiar thing is that if I connect a CD drive to the same IDE cable as the new HD, the BIOS will detect the new HD. But as soon as I disconnect the CD drive, the PC does not see the HD.

Your help is greatly needed and appreciated.

 

[franklin97355]

Have you partitioned the HD yet?

 

[edfair]

What kind of cable and how are the drives plugged in?

Should be able to see it as master on the end of any type of cable you can plug in so long as the cable is into the M/B correctly. This refers to the blue end of the ATA100 type cable.


Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[spiego]

In response to franklin97355 - It is no partioned, but it does have an OS on it.

In response to edfair, the cable for the new HD does have the blue end and it is plugged into the MB where it reads Primary next to it. The other cable, which was already with the PC when I got it, is a SCSI cable and is plugged into the SCSI card. I'm not exactly sure as to the type though

Also, the PC has a CD drive and a CDRW drive. Both are connected to the SCSI card too.

 

[edfair]

How about trying cable select and use the end position?
And you might want to try it with the SCSI card removed.


Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[spiego]

Using cable select and removing the SCSI card appears to have worked. However, removing the card also means that the CD and CDRW drives no longer work. Any suggestions on how to get them running again? Or, shall I just invest in a couple of new IDE drives?

 

[franklin97355]

If you put the SCSI card back in does it die?

 

[edfair]

That was a troubleshooting step. With nothing live to boot from on the SCSI chain the IDE should be good as the boot device.
Reloading the OS may be a problem if the SCSI opticals are missing. You may need to get a boot floppy that has CD support to gain access.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[spiego]

Can someone then explain to me why the SCSI CD drives are visible (only after connecting the IDE CD drive) when I open up explorer?