I wanted to know if there was anyway to find out what the CMOS settings for a Hard drive are. I'm working on a friends computer that can't find the drive.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Help!!! Failed computer... CMOS
Moderator: General Moderators
- tecktalkcm0391
- DevNet Resident
- Posts: 1030
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 9:25 am
- Location: Florida
-
alex.barylski
- DevNet Evangelist
- Posts: 6267
- Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:00 pm
- Location: Winnipeg
- ReverendDexter
- Forum Contributor
- Posts: 193
- Joined: Tue May 29, 2007 1:26 pm
- Location: Chico, CA
If this is IDE (I'm dating my hardware knowledge, I know) "cable select" never worked right for me. Make sure the jumpers are set such that the HD on the end is master, and the one in the middle is slave, else it doesn't work. If it's a single drive, set it to master and put it on the end of the cable.
And if all that doesn't work, you can usually manually enter the sectors/etc/etc, but you'll have to find the specs for the drive online. if they're not printed on a sticker stuck to the drive. Of course, if the sticker is missing, I'm not sure how you'll reference those values...
And if all that doesn't work, you can usually manually enter the sectors/etc/etc, but you'll have to find the specs for the drive online. if they're not printed on a sticker stuck to the drive. Of course, if the sticker is missing, I'm not sure how you'll reference those values...