re: new motherboard old hard drive old cd rom
Saturday, October 29, 2005 at 3:36 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by carol shaw
(4 messages posted)
hiya guys thanx for replies, yes weve checked everything, the power suply weve fitted
into machine to check it is a 400w power supply that runs my sons machine fine, swapped
everything around the two machines and nothing works on this board, weve fitted ide
cables to correct channels, jumper settings,followed motherboard instructions to
the letter and reckon those are fine to still no power to cd rom or hard drive connected
another hdd to new board and same thing cd rom and hdd get no power, beginning to
think that new board is goosed, taking it back to change it today, any more problems
ill be in touch, these small ANNOYANCES drive you mad dont they.
thanx carol
On Friday, October 28, 2005 at 8:24 pm, Super Dave wrote:
>It is quite possible that both the primary and secondary IDE channels on your new
>motherboard are bad. By the way, you DO have the hard drive connected to the primary
>channel and the CD-ROM connected to the secondary channel, right? If you purchased
>the board from a reputable seller (NewEgg, ZipZoomFly, etc.) they will allow you
>to R.M.A. the board and exchange it or get a refund for it. It is not uncommon to
>receive a new motherboard that is defective, Carol!
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