Also, these are dumb and obvious, but sometimes one overlooks the obvious...

If there is any other device on the IDE ribbon, check the jumper 
settings both on it and on the new drive. Swap out the ribbon to make 
sure the ribbon is not bad. Make sure the power supply is connected to 
the new drive and that the ribbon is fully plugged in both at the new 
drive and the motherboard.

Eric \"Shubes\" wrote:

> augie wrote:
>
>> Hey Pluggers,
>> I'm trying to install a new 80G HD on a Proteva box that had XP on a 
>> 12G HD so that I can dual boot Ubuntu and XP.
>> Problem is that no matter what settings I setup on the bios it won't 
>> recognize the HD. Am I missing something here or is the Proteva so 
>> proprietary that it will only recognize factory installed bios on the 
>> HD?
>> Anybody know of any workarounds, hacks , etc.
>> Any and all help greatly appreciated.
>
>
> What's the manual say about the Protiva (I haven't even heard of it)? If
> it's an older bios, it may not recognize the drive (ata speed
> incompatible). I have an old PentiumII box that I upgraded from 15G to
> 40G drive, and had to add a high-speed ata-100 (or 133?) pci controller
> (~$30 at Fry's) for it to work properly. I don't remember if it saw the
> larger (and faster) drive at all or not. If it did, it wasn't able to
> use all of it. Also, be sure to use the 80-wire ide ribbon.
>
> HTH
>
> P.S. Sorry for the delayed reply. I was getting "554 Relay Access 
> Denied" error when posting to the list. It's fixed now.
>

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Lee Einer
Dos Manos Jewelry
http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com



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