Quickie

I am installing a new EIDE drive to replace the old broken one.
system has 1 cd and 1 floppy and ribbons go to mama board.
hard drive ribbon is to board right in front of cd ribbon. the jumper on the new drive is on the cs(cable select) pins and is oriented vertically, my old drive has jumper across the two pins (horizontal) that indicated master/slave relation. do i need to change the new drive jumper to match the old one???
documentation for new drive only shows jumper positioned for either dual(master) or dual(slave)
quick answer appreciated....i am sitting here looking at both..
tata..

 

actually..i got "lucky" ...manufacturer is the same, Western Digital.

 

duh! all eye gotta do is read ALLLL of the instructions...it says if you are uncertain as to whether system supports cable select, use single or master/slave configuration...so i am gonna put it like my old drive and hope for the best and change if it don't go...

 

YUP...came w/disk but system hangs when it gets to "....ide primary master detect." can't even get to part where i am to put disk in

 

well,it seems i needed the other little jumper thingie installed AS SHOWN in the trouble section...so now i can pass all mem tests but when i go to boot disc...says cannot initialize screen display
but at least i have advanced (?) i thought installing a new drive was gonna be a piece of cake...har dee har har...i'll keep reading and if you can keep the suggestions comin' and hope i dont get tired from running up/down stairs

 

got REEEEALLY impatient...took out the hd disc and put in my WIN98 disc and hit the go button!! system is now formatting my NEW hard drive..soooo,i will hope this works.....i'm off back down stairs...be back in a flash...

 

WELLLLL...WIN 98 installing sofarsogood.....i guess i wasn't holding my tongue right...lol.

 

ARGH..not going well...get message about missing SYSTEM.INI file
now what? help anybody?

 

gonna try attaching a stick of C4 and blowing it in place...i am having MAJOR problems with this %#@*$%& thing...i'll try to reformat if i kin...my mouse won't even stay insalled!!!
i'll be back..

 

i wouldn't know a ram stick if it hit me in the eye.....kidding!
all is tight...by some miracle,mouse is CURRENTLY acting as advertised.Now I need to get my video driver back for this system as I did last time with the help of geeks corporal Majinbuu and Halo...only got 16 colors and everything is B I G....but this time the remedies don't seem to work...i.e. downloading the 3D labs driver file from the sites suggested(see previous posts for monitor help 12-15-05/ALLISON)
and i seem to have 4gotten how to use the ZipGenius..
thanks for listening....i'm off to the store...later
Sorry for the longish post...tata.

 

yeahaaaa! oh did i say that out loud?
did the unzip thing with 3d vid driver from web site( FINALLY remembered to save to system folder )
got correct screen resolution and color (so far) and mouse stays installed; the true test will be tomorrow when i reinstall acad and some cnc stuff...thanks to TimW 4 holding my hand and HELPFUL insight... i must be off...adios muchachos!

 

OH....eye wish eye was a geeker...but alas eye r not...
everything runs right if i close out the system by going to standby, but when i turn the system completely off, as over the holidaze and re-start, BIOS settings are gone(does not autodetect new ide drive),screen saver is gone and,i have to reinstall the mouse!!! So i have to re-instate all BIOS,re-install mouse and screen saver! Any one with a solution??? Ideas/comments??
help is appreciated..tanx..enjoy the 4th..