Adcadet
Storage Freak
So I got a WD 1200JB for $90 through an Office Max special. Transfered the stuff from my old 800JB onto it, then removed the 800JB (for later inclusion into a new PC I'm building) and put the 1200JB in it's place in my case. That's when the problems start.
The machine won't boot. Windows will start to load, but the machine reboots during the splash screen. Booting in safe mode doesn't seem to help. I remove all PCI cards (other than my SCSI controller, which I boot off of) and disconect all IDE stuff, and it boots fine. I add back the PCI cards and it boots fine. I add back the IDE channel that's not connected to the new drive, and it's fine. I add back the IDE channel with the new drive, except I pull the molex power plug from the 1200JB, and the machine boots fine (even reads CDs in the CD-ROM drive, despite it being set as master and there is no slave, but whatever). If I put the old 800JB back in the machine reboots during the Windows splash screen. If I put my IBM HD in place of the WD drive, the machine works fine. When I unhook everything from the IDE channels but the 800JB or 1200JB the machine still reboots during the splash screen.
What on earth is going on? Could it be that I simply can't read WD's jumper settings? What is it that my DVD player will work just fine regardless of what else I have on the channel, despite being set as master? What could be causing this? Could I have somehow killed BOTH WD hard drives during my fiddling? Could it be a bad Windows install?
The machine won't boot. Windows will start to load, but the machine reboots during the splash screen. Booting in safe mode doesn't seem to help. I remove all PCI cards (other than my SCSI controller, which I boot off of) and disconect all IDE stuff, and it boots fine. I add back the PCI cards and it boots fine. I add back the IDE channel that's not connected to the new drive, and it's fine. I add back the IDE channel with the new drive, except I pull the molex power plug from the 1200JB, and the machine boots fine (even reads CDs in the CD-ROM drive, despite it being set as master and there is no slave, but whatever). If I put the old 800JB back in the machine reboots during the Windows splash screen. If I put my IBM HD in place of the WD drive, the machine works fine. When I unhook everything from the IDE channels but the 800JB or 1200JB the machine still reboots during the splash screen.
What on earth is going on? Could it be that I simply can't read WD's jumper settings? What is it that my DVD player will work just fine regardless of what else I have on the channel, despite being set as master? What could be causing this? Could I have somehow killed BOTH WD hard drives during my fiddling? Could it be a bad Windows install?
