Donna:
I agree with Cliff, you should look to the
motherboard. You could supply more information
about what lead up to the problem.
Based on what you have writen, look on your
motherboard at the secondary IDE connector.
If there is a cable connected there, remove it.
Then with a soft brush (or low pressure air)
clear any particles from around or between the
pins. If there is no cable there just do the
cleaning. Try starting the maching. If no
problem, plug the cable into the secondary
connector on the motherboard. If still no
problem, reassemble your machine. If
plugging the cable in gives a problem then
you have a defective cable. If you have a
problem with no cable plugged in then you
have a defective motherboard.
Wally
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:27:16 +0530 Donna Liao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> I have got a 845 Intel motherboard with 2 Ghz P4 256 RAM. The
> problem
> is that when I start my machine I get the message " Atapi
> Incompatible
> Secondary Master drive- Atapi Incompatible. Press F4 to continue.".
> This message happens even before I can get into the Bio ?
> I have taken out all cables from the hard disk , CD Rom, FDD but
> still
> getting the error.
> I have change the RAMs and had a new Mother board.
> When I get into the bios, there is no drives shown.
> Can anyone shed some light for me ?
> Thanks
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