On Feb 1, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Eagle wrote:Does this mean that in fact the onboard Ultra ATA interface -- and not the hard drive -- is bad?
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Because I could install with the interfaces reversed, I'm wondering if it's just the interface that is bad...
What kind of cable are you using with the HD? If you are using a plain standard IDE cable, these don't work well with the ultra IDE ports. Try a proper cable before you condemn the port.
Doug,
I don't know my cables very well, but it has a blue connector on one end of it. The cable was in backwards - that is, the motherboard connector was on the HD, and the secondary HD connector was on the motherboard. I reversed the cable and now I get an "illegal instruction" bomb on bootup.
This is very curious. :)
Eagle
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