[plug] [OT] HP notebook Pavilion 3350 IDE drive size

[Adam Davin]

Hi Chris, 

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:45:45 +0800
Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 04:27, Chris Caston wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 23:19, Jim Householder wrote:
> > > Chris Caston wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > So far, however, I haven't been as lucky with the HD. I tried
> > > > installing a 2.5" 5400rpm 40gb Hitachi and the machine just
> > > > froze on the detecting IDE drives message at boot and would not
> > > > let me enter setup. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > It's not jumpered for slave by any chance?
> > 
> > No I doubt it as it is brand new.
> 
I have found that most of the new 3.5" drives I get are jumpered to
"Cable select". Whilst I don't know if this makes a difference in your
case, it might be worth checking. 

Regards, 

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