So today I was going though some old computer parts, and I discovered an old 80 meg maxtor HD, that appears to be AT style (is the the correct terminology?) It does not have any jumpers, just IDE and power connection. So I installed it in a old system, Pentium 233, just to see what was on the HD, and apparently the formats are not compatible.
I had installed it on the primary IDE controller, in the slave position. The Primary IDE controller no longer responds, but after hooking the HD up to the secondary IDE controller, and made the CD-rom slave, the computer works just fine.
I'm wondering what exactly I did, and if there is any way to ressurect the Primary controller. I know ATA 33/66 controllers are cheap as dirt, but if there is a simple fix to this I'd rather do it.
Do you think flashing the bios would help me? Any other thoughts/tips ?
Thanks....
I had installed it on the primary IDE controller, in the slave position. The Primary IDE controller no longer responds, but after hooking the HD up to the secondary IDE controller, and made the CD-rom slave, the computer works just fine.
I'm wondering what exactly I did, and if there is any way to ressurect the Primary controller. I know ATA 33/66 controllers are cheap as dirt, but if there is a simple fix to this I'd rather do it.
Do you think flashing the bios would help me? Any other thoughts/tips ?
Thanks....
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