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IDE Controller Help!!!!!!

  • 08-11-2006 03:53PM
    #1
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭


    I just installed a IDE controller with a 400G HD. The drive shows up in the deive manager and the controller shows up in SCSI Controllers. But the drive will not show up in my "My Computer". Although another DVD Drive has showed up for no reason?

    Any ideas? Please!!!!


Comments

  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    have you formatted the drive?

    Right click "my computer", select manage.
    Select Disk Management
    Select new drive
    Format to your liking


  • #3
    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    Some of them ATA controllers have two sets of IDE sockets one for hard drive and one for DVD drives. If yours has this, are you sure you have the cable in the right socket.

    If the controller is showing up as a SCSI controller then it sounds like a driver problem, I'll assume you used the driver that came with the controller, have you tried getting the most recent driver off the manufacturers website and updating the driver to see if it's any use?


  • #4
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    There are two sockets and have tried both and both show the same. The manual that comes with the controller said that the controller should show up in SCSI controllers.


  • #5
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    Just checked disk management and its just showing up there as a CD-Drive


  • #6
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    segasega wrote:
    Just checked disk management and its just showing up there as a CD-Drive


    Thats borderline hilarious! Are updated drivers available for the card online?


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  • #7
    tba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    Are there per chance jumper settings on the card to switch options?


  • #8
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    It has now shown up in disk manger and I formatted it but it only lets me format it to a maximum of 38G and this is a 400G HD!


  • #9
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    Sorry, got it working now. Had to remove that random CD-Drive that showed up. Thanks anyway lads!


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