Adding hard drive grief! HELP

Posted by: gui

Adding hard drive grief! HELP - 11/10/2002 02:06

Hi,

I've just run through the FAQ for adding a second hard drive to my Mk2a. It had a 10Gb travelstar and I'm adding a 40Gb travelstar.

I followed all the instructions (I think accurately), formatted the new drive and booted it, all seemed fine.

Put it all back together and get an error "No hard drive found, contact support".

Just plugged the original drive back in and still get the same error.

Any ideas?

A lot of this is new(ish) to me, so please be gentle.

Many thanks

Phil
Posted by: gui

Re: Adding hard drive grief! HELP - 11/10/2002 02:21

Replying to my own post with an update!

Found the problem - I had the drive cable round the wrong way!

But I still can't work out how to fix it - The end of the cable on the board needs to be twisted round to plug into the first drive.

Have tried rotating drives, different cable but can't figure it out.

I'm sure it's easy, but I'm just being thick?

Cheers

Phil
Posted by: gui

Re: Being a complete spazz! - 11/10/2002 02:40

Errr, does "oops" translate to every language represented on this board?

Had the whole drive sled the wrong way round!!!

All working now.....

Phil
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Being a complete spazz! - 11/10/2002 05:27

I think we have all had those kind of days...
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Being a complete spazz! - 11/10/2002 15:26

Had the whole drive sled the wrong way round!!!

Thanks, I'll try to get the drive upgrade guide updated with a note on this sometime soon. I'm on a remote computer out of town at the moment, though.

By the way, the drive tray assembly should have notches for the sled grip hooks indicating the proper orientation.