Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:21:11 GMT
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive
This leaves three places where the fault might lie...either the control
chippery has let the smoke out (unlikely but we've seen (e.g.) CT50 disc
drive chips that won't work if they're clocked), the drive ism't making a
proper contact in the socket - unlikely if it hasn't been in and out a few
times, or the drive electronics have had it.
Damn.
(Sorry Karen - I meant *&^%)
Unless the bios has twists in its underwear - which is unlikely given that
everything else seems to work, I'd be looking at getting that drive out of
the machine and onto a 2.5 -> 3.5 IDE adaptor as a secondary master (IE
remove anything else from the second IDE drive cable - usually CDRom) in a
desktop and seeing if it's visible from there. If it is, backup fast...
If it seems to behave there, you could try (after backing up) to fdisk and
format, and if that works, looks like a hardware fault in the Lib :(
Neil
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:28:05 -0700
>
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:21:16 GMT
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive
>
>>It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk
>>ought to be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the
>>bios (lots of escs as the machine is booting usually does the
>>trick) does it actually show anything in hard drive section?
>
>Well I can now confirm this was a good guess!
>
>The BIOS states: ACPI BIOS V 7.40
>I cannot access any of the following settings:-
>- PERIPHERAL - Hard Disk Mode = Not Used
>- DRIVES I/O - Built-in HDD = No Drive
>- PCI BUS - PCI Bus = IRQ11
>- IO PORTS - 3 setting to do with sound/synthesizer/midi/etc
>
>The BIOS 'Set Default Values' option (Fn, Home) resets the default value on
>the settings that I can access, but has no effect on any of the settings
>listed above.
>
>I presume the DRIVES I/O is the relevant one? Can I not access it because
>the BIOS has 'determined' the installed hard drive does not exist at all?
>What can I deduce from this? Does this indicate the fault lies with the
>drive or elsewhere?
>
>>Remind me what the model is?
>
>110
>
>>If it's not a 50 or 70 I couldn't say - but I'd take a guess at there
>>being
>>two screws on a cover at one end of the machine...00
>>or 000 crosshead screwdriver will be enough to remove it.
>
>TVM, I'll take a look when I get back...
>
>Sincerely... Steve
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