Re: [Thinkpad] 2.5 IDE adaptor

Thursday, February 19, 2004, 7:05:37 PM, you wrote:

> Adam wrote:

>> I plugged in my old Hitachi drive into a desktop system with this
>> adaptor I found. The power connect was plugged in, and the ribbon
>> cable was plugged in and secure. But when the system is powered on, it
>> doesn't boot up. It stays at the start-up screen. No messages scroll
>> by. Any clues here what this may mean?
>>

> May need in DOS a fdisk /mbr

> Does the system know it is there? check bios and fdisk

I don't find I can run any programs. The system just starts at the
boot screen and stays there. And the only part printed last was:

Fixed Disk 0
  HixEGBI-D[23As-12b

  CDROM name
Press <Del> to resume

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> Also - the cable is plugged into the the 2.5" disk right? You may have
> it the wrong way around and have the 4 power lines connected to data
> from the pc, thus leaving the other 4 data pins of the 2.5" drive
> unconnected.

It's possible. But from what I'm following, there is enough indication
to suggest that it should be currently plugged in the correct way. And
the power cable, the red line is from the desktop, and connects with
red line on adaptor, sound right?

There may also be jumper pins on the small HD. I was worried I should
try to fiddle with them, so I called a store. But it doesn't seem like
I can locate anything that can connect them.

-- 
Best regards,
 Adam                         
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