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IDE cables shut down periferal

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by eriddering

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I see that this topic isn't new but I haven't found a post which actually aswers any questions asked. I've check all my connections and they are correctly connected, all the devices work individually from other sources, but on my new board the harddrive and cd rom drives do not work when the IDE cables are connected. I see others have solved there propblems and pted not to post how they were solved. I'm trying not to have to return the MOBO if I can.

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by mjd420nova

Connect the cable with no drives attached and then add the devices one by one to see which drive is causing the fault. Look close at the MOBO where the IDE cable plugs in and verify the pin 1 location and match the stripe on the cable to that. Pin one on the drives is the side closest to the power connector.

by w2ktechman

it would probably generate more responses, as many people who answer questions do not spend much time in the discussions (if at all).
Also, if it is in questions, someone else can look it up easier, especially if helpful answers are marked as helpful.

Ok, more info is needed here. How is it set up? Are you using the cd and hdd on the same cable? are master/slave jumpers set properly? Are the cable positions matching the jumper settings? Is the cable backwards? How many ide ports are on the system? if 2, are the cables in the proper ports?
Do you have power issues, or a bad power supply?

I have known several cd/hdd combos that just could not get to work on the same cable (same as cd + cd on 1 cable). It is more rare, but it can happen.
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by eriddering

Well here it is, the new MOBO and processor requires at second power supply to the main board, something probably everyone but I knew. That was all, after that I had to fix my jumpers all back into working order and propblem solved. Thanks for all the help. The thing that gave it away was I could see the BIOS actually the onboard video didn't work either.

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