shafi Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 here some infomation from maxtor.com Model Number Actual Cyls Max Cycls Hds Sect SizeGB 6L020J1 40,132,503 16,383 16 63 20.0 GB 6L040J2 78,177,792 16,383 16 63 40.0 GB 6L060J3 117,266,688 16,383 16 63 60.0 GB 6L080J4 156,355,584 16,383 16 63 80.0 GB I set the jumper to Master. I tried auto-detectioion, wont work for me. Could you help me out to fill some information from the BIOS. Type(user) size CYLS (?) HEAD(16) PRECOMP (?) LANDS(?) SECTOR(63) MODE(?) thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2001 Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 it should auto detect it if it dont read the website, its got everything you need to get it going ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 is it on the END of the IDE cable and on IDE channel 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafi Posted June 1, 2002 Author Share Posted June 1, 2002 it does not tell me everything. I have visted the website http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/...Specs/42093.htm missing some info I have speend 3 hours trying to solve this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 the setting on the bottom LEFT with the jumpers on the righ and left. Put the drive on IDE channel 1 and at the end of the IDE cable, try removing all over drives for now too. Go into the BIOS and see if it detects it then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafi Posted June 1, 2002 Author Share Posted June 1, 2002 "righ and left" ??? I already set it to master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 YES, like in the picture, the one is dark (right) and the other is dotted (left) should look something like this 'l::l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafi Posted June 1, 2002 Author Share Posted June 1, 2002 Originally posted by username YES, like in the picture, the one is dark (right) and the other is dotted (left) should look something like this 'l::l what you trying to do ?:s pease draw a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 I really cant do anything more for you, have your BIOS set to boot IDE 0, set the jumper settigns to master (as in the picture below, the BOTTOM LEFT option) and put the IDE cable in IDE channel 1 (sometimes 0) on the motherboard and have the drive at the END of the IDE cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davjak Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 I just bought this hdd and had no problems .. so I will ask a few questions .. Using an ATA compat cable.. are you sure its connected in the right sequence? you want it as master. so is the clip on the closest 2 pins next to the IDE cable socket? You should not need to do anything in the bios to make it work. if it wont auto detect there is something else wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulladle Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Unless you're using a very old IDE cable with no blocked pin, in which case you might have the cable the wrong way round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Try setting the jumper to cable select. I had a problem with a drive one time and it would detect when it was set to master if it was the only drive on the primary IDE bus. This may be the case with yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimGuy Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Originally posted by shafi here some infomation from maxtor.com Model Number Actual Cyls Max Cycls Hds Sect SizeGB 6L020J1 40,132,503 16,383 16 63 20.0 GB 6L040J2 78,177,792 16,383 16 63 40.0 GB 6L060J3 117,266,688 16,383 16 63 60.0 GB 6L080J4 156,355,584 16,383 16 63 80.0 GB I set the jumper to Master. I tried auto-detectioion, wont work for me. Could you help me out to fill some information from the BIOS. Type(user) size CYLS (?) HEAD(16) PRECOMP (?) LANDS(?) SECTOR(63) MODE(?) thanks in advance Shafi, depending on your current system hardware, I may have the solution for you. I attempted to install the Maxtor DiamondMax D740X 40GB 7200 RPM HDD into my P3-550E workstation here at home. I tried everything from swapping out IDE cables, screwing with jumpers on both HDD's and even disconnecting everything but the new HDD, but nothing worked. It turned out that the motherboard that I was attempting to install the HDD IDE device to (a MyComp TI6NBD) has a BIOS limitation that can only address IDE devices with a capacity of 32 GB's or smaller. Since the drive was 40 GB's, the BIOS was unable to detect the IDE device and caused the computer to hang on start-up. The solution... Either flash your BIOS up to the newest version, or go out and purchase a PCI IDE Controller such as the Abit Hot-Rod 66/100/133 unit or anything by HighPoint. If your system is fairly new (having a motherboard with any of the Intel 8xx series of chipsets or the Via Apollo Pro 133 or later), then it could be a drive malfunction (were common on the 6L040J2 and 6L060J3) or else a cabling issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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