Problems installing my new 30 gig quantum fireball
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krusty
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try manually entering the drive characteristics into your BIOS.
sectors cylinders heads etc... should all be listed on the drive label.
sometimes BIOS can be fussy, you could also clear your CMOS and try again.
sectors cylinders heads etc... should all be listed on the drive label.
sometimes BIOS can be fussy, you could also clear your CMOS and try again.
make sure you have the jumpers set to the right position. not all manufacturers set a jumper to single drive position from the factory.
Read up on the manual or look around on the drive casing to see if there are any jumper descriptions, then set it accordingly.
Single drive only if there are NO other hard drives in the system.
Alternatively, you could use the cable select setting if you want it to automatically select master or slave depending on which IDE connector you hook it up to. (so you don't have to memorize the jumper locations if you want to switch it around in the future)
Also make ABSOLUTELY sure all your cables are firmly plugged in and that you are using a working power supply cable.
Read up on the manual or look around on the drive casing to see if there are any jumper descriptions, then set it accordingly.
Single drive only if there are NO other hard drives in the system.
Alternatively, you could use the cable select setting if you want it to automatically select master or slave depending on which IDE connector you hook it up to. (so you don't have to memorize the jumper locations if you want to switch it around in the future)
Also make ABSOLUTELY sure all your cables are firmly plugged in and that you are using a working power supply cable.
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krusty
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or get a better mobo.
If you set it for Master, and it's the only drive on the cable, that's the problem. A device cannot be a Master unless there is also a Slave. Aside from Master, Slave, and Cable Select, there is another option, which is the one you want: Single. With some drives, setting them to Single can be as simple as completely removing (not using) the jumper.
...I was just looking at the jumper setting guide to Fireball hard drives, which is now on Maxtor's site (apparently, Maxtor took over Quantum's hdd manufacturing operations), and it looks like the Master setting is the same position as the Single setting (or what they call Stand Alone). That position for regular Fireball ATA drives is the left-most vertical pair of pins out of the four possible positions, in other words the one farthest away from the power connector, or closest to the IDE connector.
http://www.maxtor.com/quantum/support/hdd/fireball_plusas_ata_support.htm
http://www.maxtor.com/quantum/support/hdd/fireball_plusas_ata_support.htm
I have to use my win98se startup disk to fdisk and format...right?
Yup-another option is go to maxtor.com (I think), look around for thier "Maxblast"
hard drive install utility & download that to a floppy. It'll find, fdisk & format a new hdd. You may need your W98 setup disk too, but it won't be a full fdisk/format.
hard drive install utility & download that to a floppy. It'll find, fdisk & format a new hdd. You may need your W98 setup disk too, but it won't be a full fdisk/format.