ide supports 2 drives per channel you just need a diff cable, and a <80gb pata disk.
i can list the required spares on ebay for 1p +postage. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Nov 2013, at 17:15, Chris Dennis <cgden...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 27/11/13 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote: >> Hello folks >> >> I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer, >> previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk. >> >> The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk. >> >> But every disk I've tried (two new ones, and a couple of old ones, all >> bigger than 80GB) fails to be recognised by the BIOS. I can hear faint >> buzzes and clicks from the drives -- even the new ones. >> >> If I put the old disk back, the BIOS is happy, and the system starts >> (but that's no good, because the disk is failing). >> >> I can't find any relevant settings in the BIOS to tweak, nor jumpers on >> the drives. >> >> Any ideas? > > Thanks for all the replies. > > I managed to update the BIOS all the way from 1.07 to 1.08, and that made no > difference. No other updates seem to be available. > > The original (apparently SATA 1) disk has now failed completely. > > I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA channel, > and that is in use for the optical drive. > > All of which is a pity, because I was trying to do all of this for minimal > cost for a local retired chap. > > It looks like I'll have to give up on this one. > > cheers > > Chris > > -- > Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
