just bought an 80gg hdd. however when i try to power it up it justbeeps & beeps almost like an alarm. (not post beeps)
any ideas, this is a replacement for a duff one & i think this could be the same.

What specs are your PC mate and what have you got inside the case?

Make sure you got your jumpers setup right on the hdd.

Make sure you aint dislodged your GFX card/CPU Cooler during the install.

make sure the jumpers arent set to cable select or slave then boot it up does it pass post ?

just to clarify the hdd is connected through a usb to ide cable so its not connecting directly to my motherboard.
this is powered independently.
hdd is set to slave.apparently it is preformatted to ntfs - should suit my xp.

Originally posted by willman
just to clarify the hdd is connected through a usb to ide cable so its not connecting directly to my motherboard.
this is powered independently.
hdd is set to slave.apparently it is preformatted to ntfs - should suit my xp. A friend has this installation, and I'll be investing in the adaptor myself, it will make my life easier.

Whatever your Operating System (~98 to XP) as you plug the USB cable into the back of the PC it should be detected as a removable mass storage device.

what I would recommend you do is install the HD inside as if it was staying there, make sure it's partitionned good, the FAT is all good. Then once you know it's working (booting up Windows and all, copying data onto it), then go forward with the special installation.
I would try all 3 appropriate Jumper settings (Cable Select, Master, Slave, NOT alternate capacity) then test the new setup.

Originally posted by willman
just bought an 80gg hdd. however when i try to power it up it justbeeps & beeps almost like an alarm. (not post beeps)
any ideas, this is a replacement for a duff one & i think this could be the same.

Are you trying this on a USB2 port? I have a couple of external USB IDE connectors and one of them (a drive caddy) loses the USB connection at random intervals. This only happens on USB2 though.

I have a different usb-ide adaptor (from www.directusbstore.co.uk) and that works perfectly.

hdd is an hitachi & has been set as cable select,pc recognises mass storage but wont allow usb2 connection to run on usb 1 port.back to drawing board.

My external kits tell me to set the HDD to 'master'.

Originally posted by willman
hdd is an hitachi & has been set as cable select,pc recognises mass storage but wont allow usb2 connection to run on usb 1 port.back to drawing board.

buy a usb2 pci card for about £8.

did exactly what the minx said - mobo shows usb2 on diagram but when i opened her up they weren't there. waiting for card to arrive.
thanx all

Deos the external hard disk have a power adaptor?

IMPORTANT: CHANGE THE JUMPER TO MASTER.

If its a hitachi it is a 'deathstar' previously IBM, not a reliable disk! Send it back!

Originally posted by Pete1024
Deos the external hard disk have a power adaptor?

IMPORTANT: CHANGE THE JUMPER TO MASTER.

If its a hitachi it is a 'deathstar' previously IBM, not a reliable disk! Send it back!

No so, only the 75gxp's were deathstars, but the whole brand got tagged with this, and the newer hitachi disks are pretty good. :)

Although maxtor seem to be letting their standards drop, I've had 3 fail in the past 6 months

Joel

yep got external power, & changed jumper (this ones got leather elbow pads).
this hdd was a replacement for a maxtor 60gg that was doa.

Originally posted by Joelc
No so, only the 75gxp's were deathstars, but the whole brand got tagged with this, and the newer hitachi disks are pretty good. :)

Although maxtor seem to be letting their standards drop, I've had 3 fail in the past 6 months

Joel

i used to work in a returns department at Tekheads, maxtors have quickly dropped off my "favourites" list. the amount we had back...

Seagate and WD are the leaders at the minute.

Hitachi, since the 75's have been fine.