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my specs
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Hugh Sutherland wrote:
I probably should of told you my specs: Epox 8rda+ w/AMD 1800 cpu 2 gig memory 120 Gig HD and a 30 Gig backup ATI 9550 256 video logitech webcam usb and Lexmark 1270 USB printer some say older m/b can't handle big USB drives like my 500Gig wd w/16MB cache in my NexStar3 case Couple random thoughts: "Some say" wrong. The mobo doesn't have anything to do with limiting the size of the HDD that's connected, that's up to the OS. Motherboards of that era are very prone to failing capacitors (unfortunately, as they're quite powerful enough to still be useful for a few years yet). Do a visual check of all capacitors and look for bulging tops, cans lifting off their 'plugs' and/or leakage. *************************** I have a system very similar to yours (although it uses a Soltek mobo with an nForce2/400/Ultra chipset and I've replaced some of the capacitors a couple years back) that was working perfectly as a spare system right up until I offered to lend it to a friend who's P4 system died. I disconnected the machine, put their HDD in mine as a slave (so they could access their data) and it wouldn't boot. Removed the HDD again and it still won't boot.... I've messed about with it but haven't been able to ressurect it as yet. I haven't had a clear workbench lately as I have a new flatmate sharing my 'office' space and, since the move in, some of my stuff was moved and hasn't found a home, some of flatmate's is still in 'termporary' places.... I fully intend to get to the root of it's problem though, it's a useful machine. If I were you and my case supports room (and cooling) for another internal HDD (and the mobo caps look fine) I'd use the WD HDD internally. You say IDE huh? Not that many 500 giggers were IDE.... I used a PCI - SATA card in mine to good effect. Luck, -- Shaun. "Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo. "Hugh Sutherland" wrote in message ... I have a 500Gig WD w/16MB cach. The problem is I can only format it when its attached as an IDE internal device. Once its formated I then reattach it to the usb external and it will work SOMETIMES. I had a A-BYTE external usb and had big problems with it. I recently upgraded the external usb to a VANTEC NEXSTAR 3 and it works better. I think its a power supply problem. I have a number of usb devices like webcam and printer. I was wondering if I upgrade my computers P/S to a 550W would that supply better power to the usb devices and ensure that my usb HD would always connect on startup? |
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