IDE cable, predictably fails...

astral · 09-02-2003, 11:36 PM

Working on carputer on and off (been working 2 jobs for just 2 weeks, kind of a ttemp thing, but that was 70 hrs a week...).

Anyway, I cant figure out why my HD will only be detected if I restart after trying to boot. For example...

-I boot (cold)
-System Disk Error, please insert a system disk or whatever...
-I restart
-boots to XP just fine

When it posts the first time it doesnt post the HD as an IDE device, but does the second time...

I dont really know where to go from here, I tried another cable (that works with the DVDROM and it wont even boot...

Defiler · 09-03-2003, 01:02 AM

Is the HD already detected in the BIOS or is it set on auto detect? Try the other setting whichever it is.

nixapatfan · 09-03-2003, 05:35 PM

Check the predelay setting in the BIOS set it to something like 6 seconds or more. That should fix your problem. Your particular drive probably just takes to long to spin up.