The symptoms you're describing sound more like an IDE cable that's flipped
the wrong way. Two things to check:
1) Be sure that the edge of the IDE cable that's colored is lined up with
pin 1 on the motherboard, and
2) be sure that the colored edge of the cable plugs into the drive
closest to the power connector (typically, anyhow)
You can't necessarily always go by the way that the connector is keyed. I
used to have a cable that the connector was keyed the wrong way, and I had
to file it down to fit correctly.
Anyhow, I'd double-check the cables before getting any more parts. :)
-- Dorian
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Subject: OT: trouble shooting ideas?
I bought a Fry's special over the weekend. An ECS KT600-A with a Sempron
processor. But I'm having a problem I've never seen before and I was
wondering if anyone out there had seen it before.
The issue is that the board itself will boot. I get a post and a memory
check. But the hard drive and the CD rom are not powering up.
At first I thought this was a problem with the power supply, so I change it.
But I get the same problem with the second one. grant it, it is not a new
power supply. But I can't believe that I have two of them damaged in just
the same way.
Anyone else ever seen this? Any ideas?
Devin
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