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Chapter 2
Onboard Resource Settings
Some symptoms of incor-
rectly installed HDDs are:
•
Hard disk drives are
not auto-detected: may
be a Master/Slave
problem or a bad IDE
cable. Contact your
vendor.
•
Hard Disk Drive Fail
message at bootup:
may be a bad cable or
lack of power going
to the drive.
•
No video or beeps on
bootup: usually means
the cable is on back
wards.
•
Hard drive lights are
constantly on: usually
means bad IDE cable or defective drives/motherboard. Try another HDD.
•
Hard drives do not power up: check power cables and cabling. May also
be a bad power supply or IDE drive.
Connecting Floppy Drives
Pin 1 on the floppy cable is usually denoted by a red or colored stripe down
one side of the cable (see Figure 2-10 below). Most of the current floppy
drives on the market require that the colored stripe be positioned so that it is
Pin 1
Figure 2-10
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Figure 2-9
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