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    Hard drive dead

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by acer1692, Nov 23, 2008.

  1. acer1692

    acer1692 Newbie

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    Hi.. i have an acer travelmate 1692.. the hdd died.. it was a western digital wd600 scorpio 60gb hdd. I tried to replace it with a 20gb ibm travelstar.. however the laptop did not at all detect this drive.. any reason why? Cheers!
     
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    gary_hendricks Notebook Evangelist

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    Can you describe what you set up in the BIOS?
     
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    acer1692 Newbie

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    ummm in regards to what?
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Does the harddrive appear in the Bios?
    and/or is the harddrive recognized by Windows?
    If the drive is not recognized either way, you may need to set a jumper on the harddrive. The jumper is usually a small clip which fits over 2 pins on the end of the harddrive. COnfigure the jumper to run in master, or cable select mode. Their should be a small diagram on the top of the harddrive, which shows how to do this.

    If it still does not work, put your ear to the system and listen to hear if the harddrive is running. If its making noise, thats a good thing.
    If it does not make any noise, the drive is probably dead as well.

    K-TRON
     
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