Help please, adding 2nd drive...

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Uncle Vinnie wrote:
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Sorry it took this long to get back to you -

The 2000G is a Samsung SP2004C, set as Master.
The 40G is a WD Caviar, also set as Master.

The reason I set them as Master, is because they are each on
their own 'cable' or channel...

Is this incorrect?

snipped

Yes it's wrong if the WD is the only drive on its cable. WD
drives have a single setting also. They are the only ones
that have that.

Bingo.. that was it...

I removed the jumper (Master), now no jumpers, and all boots
up great..

Odd thing, all runs fine except that Windows is labeling it
under hardware/device as 'Disk Drive', not by name...

BIOS sees it as a WD, and Windows device ID shows it as a WD...
how do I correct this, thanks!

Probably by giving it a name. The reason for your earlier
difficulties is that when the bios sees a master it goes looking
for a slave. Nothing more happens until the search times out,
concluding that the slave is out of commision.

If you avoid topposting a message will make much more sense.

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"CBFalconer" wrote:
when the bios sees a master it goes looking
for a slave. Nothing more happens until the
search times out, concluding that the slave
is out of commision.


That is not true for my BIOS - a Phoenix Tech
BIOS customized by Dell. It just lists what it finds
immediately, and then it proceeds.


If you avoid topposting a message will make much more sense.


I agree. Unfortunately, the MVPs in all the microsoft.public.*
NG all top-post and the newbies assume that to be the norm.
Microsoft *always* has to do things differently.

*TimDaniels*

Thanks all...

thanks for the 'top post' info...

I googled it, and am dabbling with OE-QuoteFix (this message).

Thanks again!

Timothy Daniels wrote:
"CBFalconer" wrote:
when the bios sees a master it goes looking
for a slave. Nothing more happens until the
search times out, concluding that the slave
is out of commision.


That is not true for my BIOS - a Phoenix Tech
BIOS customized by Dell. It just lists what it finds
immediately, and then it proceeds.


If you avoid topposting a message will make much more sense.


I agree. Unfortunately, the MVPs in all the microsoft.public.*
NG all top-post and the newbies assume that to be the norm.
Microsoft *always* has to do things differently.

*TimDaniels*

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Vinnie

*** Rude top-posting fixed ***
Uncle Vinnie wrote:
Timothy Daniels wrote:
"CBFalconer" wrote:

when the bios sees a master it goes looking
for a slave. Nothing more happens until the
search times out, concluding that the slave
is out of commision.

That is not true for my BIOS - a Phoenix Tech
BIOS customized by Dell. It just lists what it finds
immediately, and then it proceeds.

If you avoid topposting a message will make much more sense.

I agree. Unfortunately, the MVPs in all the microsoft.public.*
NG all top-post and the newbies assume that to be the norm.
Microsoft *always* has to do things differently.

thanks for the 'top post' info...

I googled it, and am dabbling with OE-QuoteFix (this message).

Then why did you top-post this reply? Your answer belongs after,
or possibly intermixed with, the material you quote, after snipping
portions not germane to your reply.

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which one is the slave ? the 40g or the 200g

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:58:00 -0800, "Timothy Daniels"
wrote:

"CBFalconer" wrote:
when the bios sees a master it goes looking
for a slave. Nothing more happens until the
search times out, concluding that the slave
is out of commision.


That is not true for my BIOS - a Phoenix Tech
BIOS customized by Dell. It just lists what it finds
immediately, and then it proceeds.


All modern PC bios use one of two methods:

- Initial detection then stores the result and doesn't
redetect every time. Cannot work to add a drive, must
redectect new drives in "auto" (or similarly worded) mode.

- Always in Auto mode, which the vast majority of systems
are. It searchs for slave drives but the time-out interval
is shorter.



A "Phoenix Tech BIOS customized by Dell" will indeed do
this, too. Either the timeout is simply shorter, or no new
drive could ever be added except through manual parameter
input by the installer which obviously doesn't happen by
end-users installing new drives.