Sorry to take so long to get back but I've been on a weeks vacation.
Your last point regarding the power connector prompted me to try again
using a diferent connector and hey presto it's now working fine.
It just proves that you can't assume anything when fault finding. Check
everything.
Many thanks for your help.
Rick Hallman wrote:
> Is the HD jumperd properly for the installation? (Master/Slave/Single/Cable
> Select) Is IDE 1 configured properly in the BIOS? Are the Power and Ribbon
> Cables (sometimes reversible) connected properly and seated fully. Have you
> checked for power on the 4 pin connector you are using? That's about all I
> know that can go wrong with a "good drive". BTW:(What file system is on the
> added drive? Fat16, Fat32 or NTFS What OS are you booting to?)
>
>
> "bacoms" <bryan RemoveThis @balfour.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:1157730186.838111.177930@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >I built my PC a few years ago around the Soyo K7V Dragon Plus mobo.
> > Since almost day one I've had a couple of 80GB Maxtors on IDE3 & 4
> > configured for RAID 1. IDE1 was empty and my CD writer was/is connected
> > to IDE2.
> >
> > Just recently I took a working 120GB Maxtor HDD plus cable off my other
> > PC and installed it in IDE1 on this PC. On rebooting to the BIOS and
> > looking to see what has been detected, there is no sign of the drive in
> > IDE1; only the CD writer in IDE2.
> >
> > The OS still boots just fine off RAID but I can't access the HDD in
> > IDE1.
> >
> > I've trawled this and other forums and emailed Soyo on Monday (no reply
> > as yet) and can find nothing to suggest that what I'm trying to do is
> > not possible. (Quite the opposite, in fact)
> >
> > Any thoughts/pointers would be much appreciated.
> > >> Stay informed about: Problem adding HDD to IDE1 after setting up RAID 1 on IED3.. 
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