Re: Off Topic

[jditton@vtc.net (Jim)]

I've replaced the cables and disconnected them one at a time. If the IDE
cables are connected to the drives they don't power up, disconnect the cables
and they fire right up. Orientation if fine and orginal IDE cables work fine
in another computer.
Thanks
mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
>In article <v600k5bsvc88e9@corp.supernews.com>, jditton@vtc.net (Jim) writes:
>
>>I know this is off topic but I am lost. A friend transferred everything from
>>an old case to a new one and nothing would power up. (Windows mach)I
>>disconnected the IDE cables and everything was fine but if I hooked up the
>>cables to the drives there was no power. This happened with both the primary
>>and secondary I changed cables but that was no help. If anyone has any ideas
>>I
>>would appreciate it I am stumped.
>
>OK, off-topic it is...
>
>You say it powers up OK when you disconnect the IDE _cables_--how
>about disconnecting them one at a time?
>
>Sounds like some mechanical stress to one of the cables produced a
>short, and it needs to be replaced.  (BTW, I assume that you've verified
>the orientation of the connectors, right?)
>
>You know that this setup worked before, so it has to be something
>that was inadvertently damaged in the process of moving it to a new
>case.  Flat cables are particularly susceptible to being nicked by metal
>cases...
>
>-michael
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