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Thanks to both of you. It worked when I put both hard drives on the same
IDE and the CDROM and Floppy onnthe other IDE.
The BIOS then went thru the auto detect with no other problems.
Many Thanks
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Augustine" <RonAug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ChasWaring" <cwwaring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: OffTopic: Bios not recognizing second slave hard drive
> Charlie -- I'm not familiar with your specific mother-board, but your BIOS
> should have an Auto-Detect feature somewhere in its menus.
>
> If you run Auto-Detect, it should find all your hard drives and configure
> the BIOS properly. You then need to save the changes.
>
> If that doesn't work, try using a different connector for the new
> Hard-drive (such as the one on the CD-Rom Drive cable) then repeat the
> process. You may also need to try both secondary-slave and primary-slave
> jumper positions.
>
> If none of these suggestions work, you probably have a technical problem
> and will need a qualified troubleshooter.
> _________________________
> At 03:38 PM 12/24/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >I adding a western digital as a slave to the exsiting fujitsu.
> >w/Win2000 on an Intel Seattle board
> >
> >have set the jumper as required for slave
> >connected the drive to the secondary IDE and it powers up fine.
> >have set the Bios secondary IDE to AUTO
> >
> >But can't get the bios to recognize the second drive
> >
> >would appreciate any suggestions
> >
> >TIA Charlie
> >
> >(a slow Sunday in Dallas)
>
>
>
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