IBM ATA-3 manual Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

If	your	computer	does not	restart	and none	of the devices work,
the	interface cable		connector	might be	connected	backwards. To
check	the	connection:

1. Turn off the computer.

2. Disconnect the IDE cable from the drive.

3.

Verify

that

the

colored

wire

is

connected

to

pin

1

on

the

drive connector and is the

closest

wire

to

the

4-pin

power

connector.

Some

connector

are

keyed

and

will

only

fit

one

way. Do not force the

connector

onto

the

pins.

If

the

connector

does

not

seem

to

fit,

reverse

it

and

try

again.

4.

Restart

the

computer.

If

your

computer

appears

to

stop

during

restart,

the

problem

is

probably

caused

by

your

BIOS.

To

solve

the

problem,

access

your

configuration information,

disable

Auto

Detect,

and

select

Manual

Setup.

Set

heads

to

16,

sectors

to

63,

and

cylinders

to

less

than

2048.

Then

go

to

“Correcting

BIOS

Limitations

and

Partitioning

Using

Disk

Manager”

on

page 2-15.

For information about installing system upgrades, see the documentation that comes with your computer. Look for topics about system setup or system configuration.

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