From: Damil Idgaf (Damil_at_toast.net)
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 19:12:08 EST
please unsuscribe me
Damil
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net>
To: Tom Franklin <tdf_at_attglobal.net>
Cc: <mike_at_pencetera.com>; ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: 760ELD and 4.3Gb HD not getting along...
> Exactly the problem..
> the spec was reversed several years ago..
> if you use a HDD shell that has an old drive in it, the new drive will be
told
> that it is a slave and the machine won't see it..
>
> you need to isolate the 4 drive select pins from the computer and short
the
> cable select pins to tell the drive it should look at the cable select pin
to
> see if it should be master or slave (as in the case of using the drive in
the
> ultrabay and another drive in the drive bay).. :-)
>
> Tom Franklin wrote:
>
> > It has to do with the master/slave settings between those drives. The
> > system is setting your new drive as a slave. You may have to cut some
wires
> > or pins to make it work. Get the data sheets for those drives to see
what I
> > mean (http://www.storage.ibm.com./hardsoft/diskdrdl/hddprod.htm). Make
sure
> > you have the lastest BIOS also.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > I obtained an IBM Travelstar DKLA-24320 (4.32Gb) HD to
> > > replace the 810Mb drive currently in my 760ELD. I
> > > installed the drive in the 810Mb caddy and you could
> > > tell the system was seeing the HD as the HD emblem on
> > > the LCD panel showed the system spinning the drive.
> > > When I went into the bios setup it didn't show a drive
> > > and when I booted off a floppy and attempted to fdisk
> > > the drive fdisk stated no fixed disk present even
> > > though the startup disk told me it didn't find a
> > > proper format on the HD.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas? Could it be the connector for
> > > the 810Mb drive isn't compatible with the 4.3Gb or...?
>
> --
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>
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