Having computer problems

[Mig$y]

Hi jmet

To re-assign your drive letters go to your control panel>Admin tools>Computer Management>Disk Management.

Right click the hard drives you want to change and select Change drive letter and Paths.

[jmet]

Thank You Mig$y! That did the trick!

[Mig$y]

[cynthia]

Curius - how did you end up with it to work?

[jmet]

I messed with the jumper settings. I am not done with it, as I think I did it wrong. Although that is the best way to learn in my opinion, by trial and error.

It was the first time I had ever messed with that. I was as confused as a hungry baby in a titty bar.

[cynthia]

A FAQ: http://www.cheap-discount-computer-p...hard_drive.htm

[jmet]

Unfortunately, in my case both hard drives are setup different. Ex: my Hitachi hard drive has different jumper settings than my Western Digital. (Per: the diagram on the top of the hard drive)

[Experi-Mentor]

if some jumpers are set horizontally (or no jumpers), that would indicate that the drive was set as a "stand-alone" (without any slave or other drives attached to the same cable). some older drives require to be set in this way
you may need a magnifying glass to look if any printed indication is shown on ccb of the hdd (if it's not shown anywhere else).

also, if you have problems using some/certain drive combinations - then try another combination. just don't forget to set the "master/slave" jumpers accordingly. one more thing - you might wanna try to swap/change whichever drive is at the end of the cable & move it/them around.
just be aware that from time-to-time people do come across drive combinations that just can't be made compatible with their other drives. just be patient, do it slowly, keep notes on which combinations you already tried, & you should make good progress.

you might also wanna try :
hdd = prim/master
rom = prim/slave

nec = 2ndry/master
hdd = 2ndry/slave

hope some these methods are of some help

[blutach]

Yo!! Mentor!!! Long Time mate.

'Oweryagoinmate?

Regards

[Experi-Mentor]

ahoy there blu

it's gonna go for even longer relapse (grrrrrr). just got back from the chiro again ... same crap, but this time a different back-brace

sad about our teams matey keep wishing (lol)

cheers

[jmet]

Well I got it working. It was the jumper settings.

I also decreased my ripping time by over %60. My FSB was set at 100, so I changed it to 166. My transfer speed tripled. I was transferring at around 3000 KB/s, I changed the FSB speed and now I get speeds over 25,000 KB/s. (Blutach, that was the reason in all of the screen shots I posted in the guides I made of the total time it took. If you remember, it took almost 2 hours. Now it only takes about 30 to 40 min.)

It used to show my processor speed at 1.08 gigahertz. Now it shows 1.85 gigahertz.

[cynthia]

Now we are only waiting for the first report on overheating problems...

[jmet]

Originally posted by cynthia
Now we are only waiting for the first report on overheating problems...

And if I never have any over heating problems?

Edit: 2 days of constantly running, and its still going. If I do experience heat problems, I'll step it down one notch to 133 FSB.

[cynthia]

Then you know that your fan is working.

[jmet]

All 4 of them.