Problems Installing IBM 40Gig HDD

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mactuc

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Can anyone advise me of the best method of installing this drive, not my choice of drive but have to put up with the situation. I will be greatfull of any constructive advice. MAC
 
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sushii

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What kind of HDD is it ( SCSI, IDE..), other drives, master/slave....
What computer ( XT, AT, higher - for BIOS support reasons)

Sushii
 
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mactuc

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Hi, I have an Elite K7S5A Mobo with AMIBIOS v1.21.11, AMD AthlonXP 1800+ cpu, a 54x CDROM and a Philips 12x CD-RW.
The IBM HDD i'm trying to configure is a 40Gig Deskstar 120GXP 7200rpm. IBM have a Program to help you install a new drive but you have to have a Drive allready installed in the System to be able to use it, this I dont have. any HELP appreciated, MAC
 
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sushii

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IBM program is only needed for BIOS-support under 32 GB. Just put the disk in as master. Boot from CD ( or floppy if you like) and fdisk and format. You're all set.

Sushii
 
cadjak

cadjak

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"Best method" is not enough info. If you ask more detailed questions it is easier to respond with useful info. Otherwise I'll be posting all sorts of "help" that you didn't need or ask for. IBM drives, with the exception of the 75GXP series, can be good drives. Are you asking about how to physically hook the drive up or how to get the drive up and running with an operating system (Windows, Linux, BeOs etc.) and software on it?

-cadjak
 
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mactuc

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I'm trying to get to get to work with Winxp. After I've been on the net for about 15mins or so I keep getting blue screen Error messages, then it Imediately shuts down and reboots into safe mode. Mac
 
cadjak

cadjak

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Have you used the 20GB Maxtor since installing the 40GB? One thing that causes the kind of symptoms you are describing (if I understand correctly) is heat. Is it possible that when you installed the ribbon cable for your new drive, that you bumped the processor fan connection to the motherboard? This only makes sense if the symptoms (blue screen after 15min)happens regardless of which drive you are running. If it is just in your XP partition then the error message that comes with the blue screen is important. Also, IBM has a hard drive test program, called DFT (Drive Fittness Test) that you can download from their support site. Search on IBM Storage Support and you should find it. It will create a bootable test floppy to look for drive hardware problems. Hang in...
-cadjak
 
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mactuc

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Cadjak, thanks for you help, have checked the fan connection and all the other cable connections, all O.K., The blue screen error dissapears that fast, cant read it so that I can tell you what it say's neither is there a record of it in the error logs. Do you think I might have to upgrade my Bios for larger cpu support as the 1800+ cpu is just on the border line for the present version of Bios. Mac
 
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mactuc

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Cadjak, Thanks everything o.k. now, used ibm's DFT prog plus a few other tweaks, a Bios update, suddenly its working fine. Never had this problem with other HDD's, think I will give IBM a wide berth in future.
Thank's again everyone. MAC
 
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