Re: [Thinkpad] 2.5 IDE adaptor

I don't think the plugs are the problem. New approach... I'm wondering if you might have inadvertently set the Hitachi to be the
master and the original drive as the slave. If the Hitachi is not set up to boot the desktop, and the other drive is no longer
available, you wouldn't have any bootable drive.

Which manual were you following to make connections? Is the Hitachi drive set to cable select?

EXACTLY what kind of cable are you using? Is it the same one that came installed in the Dell? You said there's a connector in the
middle...so it could be regular IDE/ATA, Cable Select or Ultra DMA. Does it have 40 or 80 wires? If you can't tell, look at the
middle connector. Are there any empty spots or are there 40 holes? If no blank spots, what color(s) are the connectors?

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam" <adam_src@fastmail.fm>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 13:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 2.5 IDE adaptor

>
> Thursday, February 19, 2004, 8:37:34 PM, you wrote:
>
> > So what happens when you press Del?
>
> Something about no bootable disk available. Can't remember the exact
> words since I unplugged it for now.
>
> So, since it won't boot from original drive C:, there is something
> wrong, and there is no point to continue. It can't even advance to
> BIOS setup in that case.
>
> > And when you say it showed "CDROM name", do you mean exactly
> > that, or that it listed the correct identity of your CD drive?
>
> Correct name give. Just didn't type that, since I just mention what is
> relevant.
>
> Does anyone know the name of any manufacturer of such a 2.5" to 3.5"
> IDE adaptor? So maybe they might have a few instructions to recheck.
>
> Maybe, should I try unplugged a CD-ROM drive. And start plugging
> things in other ways?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Adam
>
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