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Since: May 21, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 4:26 pm
Post subject: Strange errors!
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Hey. I've a Lite-On LTR24102B CDRW, a Matshita DVD ROM and an old Maxtor 3
Fireball 40Gb HD. Lately I've been having strange problems on the Secondary
channel, the LTR is master and the Matshita is slave... On startup on the
BIOS check, it recognises and displays the HD fine, then when it gets to the
LTR & Mitsumi,, instead of being "LITE-ON LTR24102B" and "MATSHITA DVD-ROM"
it says something like "LITE-NN LCR2411B" and "MARSTITA DVD-RMM". Windows
doesn't even recognise them atall anymore.
This has only happened recently, and the computer hasn't been moved or
touched until today. Could this be a faulty IDE connector?
I've upgrade the firmware on both, but did the matshita about 9 months ago,
and the LTR about 4 weeks ago and they worked fine until recently. Maybe
(another) damaged mobo?
Took of the cover today to finally see what was goin on, disconnected a few
things to put in another cheap 40Gb HD... went to put in the HD and then
realised, with my case being small and crappy piece of sh!t I'd need to take
out the HSF for it to slide in, so I left it for another day. When I
connected everything together and turned it on the system wouldnt start up
atall. Fans wouldnt even turn. Checked the power supply and it was fine,
then realised fiddling with the floopy connector itd turn on for a split
second. I disconnected the floppy cable and now it works fine.
Arrghh wots goin on?! Either I now have a faulty floppy AND secondary IDE
cable or the mobo's scrap?
Also can someone please suggest a good (and cheap) tower case, I'm fed up
with the lack of space in my current one, not to mention the heat!
Thanks in advance for the help, this is really beginning to frustrate me!
Alistair |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 4:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Strange errors! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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And incase your wondering I'm at a mates house using his computer hence the
"David" lol
Cheers
AC
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 6:10 pm
Post subject: Re: Strange errors! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <c8ksh5$qui$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, me_y2k3.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com
says...
> Hey. I've a Lite-On LTR24102B CDRW, a Matshita DVD ROM and an old Maxtor 3
> Fireball 40Gb HD. Lately I've been having strange problems on the Secondary
> channel, the LTR is master and the Matshita is slave... On startup on the
> BIOS check, it recognises and displays the HD fine, then when it gets to the
> LTR & Mitsumi,, instead of being "LITE-ON LTR24102B" and "MATSHITA DVD-ROM"
> it says something like "LITE-NN LCR2411B" and "MARSTITA DVD-RMM". Windows
> doesn't even recognise them atall anymore.
>
> This has only happened recently, and the computer hasn't been moved or
> touched until today. Could this be a faulty IDE connector?
>
> I've upgrade the firmware on both, but did the matshita about 9 months ago,
> and the LTR about 4 weeks ago and they worked fine until recently. Maybe
> (another) damaged mobo?
>
> Took of the cover today to finally see what was goin on, disconnected a few
> things to put in another cheap 40Gb HD... went to put in the HD and then
> realised, with my case being small and crappy piece of sh!t I'd need to take
> out the HSF for it to slide in, so I left it for another day. When I
> connected everything together and turned it on the system wouldnt start up
> atall. Fans wouldnt even turn. Checked the power supply and it was fine,
> then realised fiddling with the floopy connector itd turn on for a split
> second. I disconnected the floppy cable and now it works fine.
>
> Arrghh wots goin on?! Either I now have a faulty floppy AND secondary IDE
> cable or the mobo's scrap?
Or the PSU is being overloaded. Disconnect a drive and you're reomving
the straw currently breaking the camels back.
--
Conor
Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a night. Set him on fire
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Since: May 21, 2004
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:35 pm
Post subject: Re: Strange errors! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hmm yeh I hadn't thought of that, I hoped the 300W could handle it. But i
have put in a new fan or two. Its a mini tower case wif ECS K7VMM+ micro atx
board, gets a little warm in there.
Cheers ill give it a try
Alistair
"Conor" <conor_turton RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b181e1a974ce23c98a79c@news.claranews.com...
> In article <c8ksh5$qui$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, me_y2k3 RemoveThis @hotmail.com
> says...
> > Hey. I've a Lite-On LTR24102B CDRW, a Matshita DVD ROM and an old Maxtor
3
> > Fireball 40Gb HD. Lately I've been having strange problems on the
Secondary
> > channel, the LTR is master and the Matshita is slave... On startup on
the
> > BIOS check, it recognises and displays the HD fine, then when it gets to
the
> > LTR & Mitsumi,, instead of being "LITE-ON LTR24102B" and "MATSHITA
DVD-ROM"
> > it says something like "LITE-NN LCR2411B" and "MARSTITA DVD-RMM".
Windows
> > doesn't even recognise them atall anymore.
> >
> > This has only happened recently, and the computer hasn't been moved or
> > touched until today. Could this be a faulty IDE connector?
> >
> > I've upgrade the firmware on both, but did the matshita about 9 months
ago,
> > and the LTR about 4 weeks ago and they worked fine until recently. Maybe
> > (another) damaged mobo?
> >
> > Took of the cover today to finally see what was goin on, disconnected a
few
> > things to put in another cheap 40Gb HD... went to put in the HD and then
> > realised, with my case being small and crappy piece of sh!t I'd need to
take
> > out the HSF for it to slide in, so I left it for another day. When I
> > connected everything together and turned it on the system wouldnt start
up
> > atall. Fans wouldnt even turn. Checked the power supply and it was fine,
> > then realised fiddling with the floopy connector itd turn on for a split
> > second. I disconnected the floppy cable and now it works fine.
> >
> > Arrghh wots goin on?! Either I now have a faulty floppy AND secondary
IDE
> > cable or the mobo's scrap?
>
> Or the PSU is being overloaded. Disconnect a drive and you're reomving
> the straw currently breaking the camels back.
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a night. Set him on fire
> and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Strange errors! |
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Since: May 21, 2004
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:57 pm
Post subject: help please! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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No luck, I disconnected all the nonessential fans, drives, cards and
peripherals, still the same problems with the secondary channel and floppy.
I'm just using standard ribbon cables, perhaps they've been damaged and
could be picking up some kinda of EM interference from the other components
or fans?
Alistair >> Stay informed about: Strange errors! |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:46 pm
Post subject: Re: help please! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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you have got the jumpers on the drives set right havent you.
i once had cable select on one of my primary/secondary setup and it wasnt
recognised and they were detected as something odd in my bios too.
Try disconnecting a drive at a time to see if anything changes.
Cant think of anything else really. Hope it aint he motherboard!
"Alistair" <ally@cowan1057.(NOSPAM).freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> No luck, I disconnected all the nonessential fans, drives, cards and
> peripherals, still the same problems with the secondary channel and
floppy.
>
> I'm just using standard ribbon cables, perhaps they've been damaged and
> could be picking up some kinda of EM interference from the other
components
> or fans?
>
> Alistair
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:46 pm
Post subject: Re: help please! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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First I'd pull both ide cables from the mobo, and disconnect them from the
drives so you have one in each hand. Then pull the power plugs from all the
drives except for the boot drive.
Then I'd pick one, and plug it into channel one, and into the drive with the
operating system on it, and see what happens.
If it doesn't boot right, swap the cables. This is to see if one of the
cables is bad. The odds of both being bad are zero.
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Since: May 22, 2004
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 7:21 pm
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Thanks for the quick replies.. Did all the checks, duno about the CDRW&DVD
problems, but I know whats causing the power outtage withthe floppy.
Basically the mobos been damaged, i mustve been too harsh pushing in the
floppy conn. The mobo needs to have pressure to lift it up again slightly
and it turns on.
So now it looks like I'm looking for a new mobo and decent sized case. Any
suggestions appreciated!
Cheers
Alistair
~Aart <bogus.TakeThisOut@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> First I'd pull both ide cables from the mobo, and disconnect them from the
> drives so you have one in each hand. Then pull the power plugs from all
the
> drives except for the boot drive.
> Then I'd pick one, and plug it into channel one, and into the drive with
the
> operating system on it, and see what happens.
>
> If it doesn't boot right, swap the cables. This is to see if one of the
> cables is bad. The odds of both being bad are zero.
>
> Aart
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Strange errors! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Fri, 21 May 2004 13:26:10 +0100, "David" <me_y2k3.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Hey. I've a Lite-On LTR24102B CDRW, a Matshita DVD ROM and an old Maxtor 3
>Fireball 40Gb HD. Lately I've been having strange problems on the Secondary
>channel, the LTR is master and the Matshita is slave... On startup on the
>BIOS check, it recognises and displays the HD fine, then when it gets to the
>LTR & Mitsumi,, instead of being "LITE-ON LTR24102B" and "MATSHITA DVD-ROM"
>it says something like "LITE-NN LCR2411B" and "MARSTITA DVD-RMM". Windows
>doesn't even recognise them atall anymore.
I think this is the ide cable or connector. Friend had a similar
problem once. I arrived on the scene and pushed in the ide connecter a
couple of millimeters... The misspellings comes from one or more bits
not being connected.
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