I tried all that even changed IDE cables and nothing
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<hiredgun56@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Concur....BIOS support is crucial...(laffing hysterically)..
>
> Check the IDE cable too....sometimes, the master drive has to go on the
> last coupling..and the slave, in between the motherboard and the master
> drive...
>
> It might go: on the IDE...MB to slave to master...in that order.
>
> I had an Intel MB that did the same thing...and thats the way I had to
> install the drives...
>
> I dont think the hard drive capacity has that much to do with it...15
> to 40....isnt that great a range...now if it was 15 to 120...might be
> an issue...
>
> Set the master to "master" on the jumpers..and slave to "slave" on the
> varying drives...XP does the rest...
>
> Hope it helps....
>