I found a backup copy of the important stuff off the drive, so I am not going to bother trying to resurrect it. Thank you everyone for your...
Good idea. I'll try that. I called Samsung. They are going to warranty the drive, but I would still like to get the data off of this one first.
All drives on the system as IDE, not SATA. The BIOS setup program says there is no drive connected. If I run the 'auto-detect', it still comes...
BIOS is not recognizing the drive. This is not my boot drive. For both drives attached to that cable, the BIOS says "NONE ". I have the drive...
Basic System Specs: Motherboard: Giga-Byte GA-7N400-L Processor: AMD AthlonXP 2200+ (1800 MHz) -- soon upgrading to AthlonXP 3200+ Memory:...
I found an adapter locally that had 4 bare pins at one end and a USB male connector at the other end. Apparently the local store makes it...
They don't have what I am looking for (although it looks like they have just about everything else!).
I know this will appear to be an odd question, but please bear me out. Currently I have an internal USB2 memory card reader connected to an PCI...
That is what I was doing originally when the temperature spiked (I moved some smaller cables under the mobo, and apparently cracked the heatsink's...
When I flip the side fans around to pull air away from the CPU, the system now idles at 43C and gets up to 49C at full stress. Some of the...
My case (ThermalTake XaserIII V1420DU) came with all those fans. The top and rear fans do not have filters, suggesting that they are supposed...
Proper fan direction? I just rechecked my fans, and this is how they are set up currently: (Picture of front fans:...
I missed that time requirement. This morning, the temp reading is averaging 49 degrees at full stress. This appears to be heading downward as time...
Oops! Apparently I spoke too soon... After letting the system run for 15-20 minutes, it now idles at 55.1 degrees with no "taxing" programs...
I had recently rearranged my cables in the case to have easier access to the motherboard components. Tonight I pulled off the processor...
I have 7 case fans (1 above, 2 front, 2 rear, 2 side) in addition to the power supply fan. I have them positioned to pull air in from the front...
They are within 2 degrees of each other. The HardCano has a temperature probe sandwiched between the processor and the processor socket on the...
Please excuse yet another "is my CPU running too hot" question, but... According to AMD's AthlonXP Data Sheet (page 23), my processor...
Oops! Now I Feel Stupid I found my problem. The Molex (power) connector that i had my hard drive connected to was split off of a Molex...
Yes, the drive is connected to one of the EIDE connectors on the SIIG card. I have already tried your other suggestions. Thanks for the input.
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