[ale] building a new box

[Pete Hardie]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> Pete,
> First recheck your BIOS screens to make sure that both the hard drive 
> and the CD player are properly identified.  Both should be listed by
> name.  Most modern Mobos come with two IDE plugs. You may need to plug
> the HD into the first one (read the documentation) and the CD into the
> second. Both should be plugged into the END connector on the cables -- 
> and check that the hard drive is using an 80-wire cable and not the
> older 40-wire.  The two cables look almost exactly the same but the
> newer ATA drives need the 80-wire cable. Also check that neither is
> jumpered as a slave.

I'll double check the BIOS, and the jumpers.  Both drives are on the ends of 
their respective cables, and the BIOS appears to correctly see drives when I 
reboot.  Oddly, the floppy does not appear to see the boot disk I put in it.

> I am painfully aware of these pitfalls as I just went through this
> agony a few weeks ago. My new case/mobo came with the older 40-wire
> cable and nothing worked. I spent several hours troubleshooting the
> mess.

I'll check this also - the drive came with a cable, so I'll make sure I'm using 
that one.

Thanks for the help!

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