M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Flash Disk, IDE 4000 user manual Troubleshooting

3.Connect a 44-pin ribbon cable between the IDE 4000 and the adapter. Make sure to orient the cable so that pin 1 of the IDE 4000 is connected to pin 1 of the host adapter.

4.Mount the IDE 4000 in a free drive bay.

5.Close the PC cover and power on the PC.

The host BIOS sign-on message appears and displays a key sequence to enter the BIOS setup. Set up the BIOS to recognize the IDE 4000.

7.4. Using the IDE 4000 in an MS-DOS-Based Platform

After installing the IDE 4000, it must be installed as a disk drive under DOS. Run the DOS commands listed below and follow the instructions displayed for each command. For more information regarding DOS commands, refer to your DOS manual.

•Run the DOS FDISK program to partition the IDE 4000.

•Run the DOS FORMAT command to high-level format the IDE 4000.

•If you want the IDE 4000 to be a bootable drive, run the DOS SYS command and change the partition to active.

7.5. Troubleshooting

The problems that arise in most installations can be summarized below:

Cables:

•Homemade, short, flat ribbon cables with bad contacts or cheap cables

•Mixing round cables with flat cables.

Cable Length:

•The cable exceeds the length specified in the standard

•Cables are too long to support the transfer rate. Device Address Conflict:

•A new device was added with an IDE setting identical to an existing device on the bus.

•Connection problems.

•A cable was connecting with reverse polarity.

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