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by murray_g

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How do I get a Pentium II to recognize a Primary Hard Drive? I checked the settings in CMOS, the connections are all connected and I am baffled!!! I am an A+ Tech student and am building PC's and this one has me stumped. The HD is a MAXTOR 8.4 gb.
Any help is appreciated (for Levy)

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by redzook

Murray,
Does it show in the cmos? If it does, what operating system are you running on that drive?
You may need to "flash the bios" to allow it to see that drive

by w2ktechman

an 8.4 GB drive. So, in the BIOS, check to see if it is found. If not,
check the jumper setting on the HDD
check the cable position

If the jumper and cable are correct, it may be a HW incompatibility, or a bad drive

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