08-18-2005, 05:38 AM
Alright here is the scoop:
After realizing the hard drive wasn't spinning up, I switched the power supply and only had the mobo and hard drive plugged in. That got it to spin up. So I plugged the CD drives in (not data, just power) and it spun up. Floppy, same deal. Once I plugged the data cable for the CD drives, the hard drive stopped spinning up, although when it was plugged in on its own, it spun up (data and power). After switching cables around multiple times I decided to recheck the jumpers. Somehow, before I rebuilt it, the hard drive had a really screwy jumper setting, but it still worked. So when I put in the new equipment I'm not sure why it didn't work, but I changed the jumper to what it should be and it worked fine. Plugged everything back in and it booted right up.
Conclusion: ALWAYS check EVERY jumper.
Just remembered: I also had a bad cable someplace, don't recall which place, but it was there.
After realizing the hard drive wasn't spinning up, I switched the power supply and only had the mobo and hard drive plugged in. That got it to spin up. So I plugged the CD drives in (not data, just power) and it spun up. Floppy, same deal. Once I plugged the data cable for the CD drives, the hard drive stopped spinning up, although when it was plugged in on its own, it spun up (data and power). After switching cables around multiple times I decided to recheck the jumpers. Somehow, before I rebuilt it, the hard drive had a really screwy jumper setting, but it still worked. So when I put in the new equipment I'm not sure why it didn't work, but I changed the jumper to what it should be and it worked fine. Plugged everything back in and it booted right up.
Conclusion: ALWAYS check EVERY jumper.
Just remembered: I also had a bad cable someplace, don't recall which place, but it was there.
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