On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Eagle wrote:
On Feb 1, 2005, at 09:14, GDB-B&W-X.3.7 wrote:On Feb 1, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Eagle wrote:Does this mean that in fact the onboard Ultra ATA interface -- and not the hard drive -- is bad?
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Because I could install with the interfaces reversed, I'm wondering if it's just the interface that is bad...
What kind of cable are you using with the HD? If you are using a plain standard IDE cable, these don't work well with the ultra IDE ports. Try a proper cable before you condemn the port.
Doug,
I don't know my cables very well, but it has a blue connector on one end of it. The cable was in backwards - that is, the motherboard connector was on the HD, and the secondary HD connector was on the motherboard. I reversed the cable and now I get an "illegal instruction" bomb on bootup.
This is very curious. :)
Eagle
That sounds like the proper cable for an ultra IDE. The blue cable end should plug into the motherboard ultra IDE port and the other end goes to the HD. If this is the way you had it and it works fine on the CD/secondary IDE port, then it sounds to me like you may have a bad ultra IDE port. I have an extra rev 1 motherboard which I acquired some time ago for testing purposes. You are welcome to it for the cost of shipping if you are interested. Contact me off-list to arrange this if you want.
Just a message from Doug...
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