hard disk trouble

[Gav]

Matching jumper ???that one bye me... master jumper on the CD drive and slave on the HDD.... ?? did I get right... there´s not diagram obn the CD drive so its not easy to see which is master or slave....

Gav

[maynardvdm]

You should set the HDD to Primary Master and the CD to either Primary Slave or Secondary Master. Then set the Boot order in BIOS to CD then HDD.

 

Primary is IDE0 or 1 (lowest number)

and Secondary is IDE 1(if Primary is 0) or 2(if Primary is 1)

[Dalo Harkin]

Ok if you plug the optical in the top of the IDE cable thats the MASTER you need to set whatever device is going on that to MASTER also.

 

does that make sense?

[RandyL]

Hi everyone and pardon me for jumping in.

 

Gav I see you have just built a new PC. I don't know your hardware or settings. I'll let Dalo deal with that. He is better then me.

 

My concern is your XP disks. Are your disks a full retail version of XP that can be used on any computer? Or are they a version of XP that was meant for the computer that you pulled the hard drive out of?

 

If your XP disks are not the full retail version (that is OEM or Recovery disks) they will likely not install and or validate. Many of those type of disks have to match all the hardware on your computer. Either way it will have to be installed on the new computer.

 

Also since this is a new computer you really should buy a version of Windows that will be supported for longer such as Vista. XP is old and is nearing the end of life cycle support from Microsoft.

 

All hardware issues aside you need to have a legit copy of Windows installed on the new computer not just the drive and it really should be Vista at this point.

[Gav]

Hi again we did as told in the last few mails and we now have the PC up and running !!! first time building you learn alot with a little help from everybody out there !! Thanks.....alot

one small problem though the internet wont connect, cable is ok, checked it with another PC, there is no green or orange light at the socket where the cable gets plugged into the PC....

 

Gav...

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Good to hear your up and running again ;)

 

How are you connecting to the internet. Do you have a router or just a modem?

 

 

• Go to Start then Run and type cmd and press enter
  
• A DOS-like window will open
  
• Now type ipconfig /all (Note: the space between g and /)
  
• Include these results in your next reply
  

[Gav]

its conected to router - linksys and we have tried all 4 ports....

Gav....

[Gav]

sorry didn´t read the last point...... will do that later today....thanks

Gav

[Gav]

Hi again...did the run as said and got this up in the dos box...

Windows IP Configuration

C: \Documents and Settings\ (with my sons name after the back slash>

thats all, tried it again and got the same.....

next step.... any idears???

Gav......

[maynardvdm]

Check TCP/IP Settings:

• Go to Control Panel and open Network Connections
  
• Right-click on Local Area Connection and select Properties
  
• Click on Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click on Properties
  
• Make sure Obtain an IP address automatically is selected
  
• Click on OK twice
  

[Dalo Harkin]

Are you trying to connect with wireless or an ethernet cable

[maynardvdm]

its conected to router - linksys and we have tried all 4 ports....

Gav....

 

He said he tried all 4 ports so i would think its with a ethernet cable ;)

[Dalo Harkin]

Cheers matey -

Gav have you tried resetting the router?

[Gav]

Hi again, its via a cable which we have tried in another PC which hooked up to the internet ok, a reset....that didn´t cross my mind... I will do a press the reset buttern on the router and see what happens and will check again that obtain IP address is set to automatically, bit tricky to find as his PC is running on Danish language...HI from Denmark ;-) but there is no green or orange lamp showing at the ethernet conection in the back of the PC.... should it be lit up ???

[Dalo Harkin]

The green and orange light on the back of the Ethernet port should light up yes.

Try the reset on the router and leave the unplug the internet for 30 seconds and see if they come on, do you have the latest firmware for the linksys router?

[Gav]

Hi again, we have done a reset on the router and checked that with the IP address was set to automatically find address but still no luck.....and still no lights at the ethernet port.....duff port on the mother board ????? when we installed XP we jumped over the connection to the internet as we wanted add the anti virus program before hooking up the internet cable to the PC..... can this give troubles...

Gav...

[Dalo Harkin]

Have you installed the Ethernet drives from the MOBO disk?

If the lights on the router are not coming on then that would signify that that the router is not getting a signal from the ISP - they should come on whether you have it plugged in a pc or not.

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Device Manager:

• Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties
  
• Click on the Hardware tab
  
• Click on Device Manager
  
• Look by the Network Adapters if there is a red X or yellow !
  

[Dalo Harkin]

Gav,

 

Have you tried without the router in the setup - just straight from the ISP and see if that works - if that doesnt work then its the settings on the pc - if it does work then its the settings on the router.

[Gav]

Hi once more... the lights on the router are on and there is one more PC connected to the router which works.... we have tried to swap the cable from the PC that doesn´t connect to the internet to all of the 4 ports on the router to see if that made any diff.. and swap the cables over to check for duff cable possiblities.. no luck there, but we have not installed the Ethernet drives from the MOBO disk...and will check if there is a red X or a yellow ! and get back..... thanks

Gav

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Gav

 

Do you have a separate router and modem or is it combined?

[Dalo Harkin]

If there are no drivers for Ethernet installed then there will be a yellow exclamation next to the network adapter.

somtimes windows update will get one for you, but I still recommend installing the one from the MOBO disk and it should then work.

[Gav]

Hi again, there is the telephone slot/box on the wall which runs over to a little box and then on to the modem and from there out to our router a linksys with 4 ports in, which is working fine on the other PC we have....we will do the driver installing to MOBO and reply later today...and check the red x yellow !..

Gav

[maynardvdm]

Thanks. Let us know what you find ;)

[Gav]

Hi everyone, heres the good news the internet is working great!! we did the install from the MOBO CD which was the problem + not knowing much about setting up a PC after building... it, ;-)

We would like to say very many thanks to all that have given a helping hand with our PC problem !!!! great site....

Mange Tak (many thanks) as they say over here in DK.... Gav + son