80gb Hard Drive Problems

[kingclaw]

Hi,

I needed more space on my pc so i bought an extra hard drive. I installed it on the second IDE, set my first harddrive as a master drive and set my second as a cable select (as it didn't have instructions for a slave drive). Booted the compyter, but the BIOS didn't pick up the new hard drive. When i booted Windows it would pick up the new hardware but I couldn't see it in Windows Explorer or My Computer.

I then unplugged the second hard drive and replaced my 2 CD-ROMS with it. So I had one hard drive on IDE1 and one on IDE2. This worked fine and the BIOS regonised it. However I can't plug both CD Roms and two hard drives because the IDE cables aren't long enough.

Does anyone have any idea what im doing wrong? Help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Trotter]

Put both HDs on the same cable.

Put the master on the first socket, and the slave on the secend (of the cable, not your mobo. Put your optials back in the way they were.

 

[kingclaw]

What about the jumper leads? Cable Select?

 

[Trotter]

If it won't work as "Slave" try "Cable Select".

But try putting them on the same cable as "Master" and "Slave" first.