[GLLUG] Thinkpad BIOS II

[Marr]

On Thursday 08 March 2012 14:29:26 Chick Tower wrote:
> I was trying to replace a 6GB drive with a 10GB drive, Bill.

Seems like that should be a non-problem, all things considered.

Given your results to Stan's test, I'd be a bit suspicious of the HDD itself. 
Has that newer 10 GB HDD been booted successfully in any other machine 
(recently)? Or, failing that, at least connected (i.e. as a slave drive) in 
some PC (possibly using a 2.5- to 3.5-inch HDD adapter)?

Not to be insulting, but is there any chance that you have the 2.5-inch IDE 
HDD connector on upside-down? The 2.5-inch IDE HDDs I have are missing a pin 
for keying, but I've seen issues in the past where the corresponding connector 
is not similarly keyed, resulting in the possibility of a reversal. Not too 
likely in a laptop, I realize, since the connector is often firmly fixed in the 
machine and the HDD can only go in 1 way, but worth asking, just in case.

I'd also be suspicious of the master/slave issue, but since I've never used a 
laptop with 2 HDDs, I suspect that the default case for laptop IDE HDDs is 
either "master" or "cable select", either of which should work fine as you 
undoubtedly already know. Frankly, I've never messed with the master/slave 
jumpers on a laptop-sized IDE HDD, though, so maybe it's worth the 
investigation. Here's a URL with the master/slave/cable-select pinout, in case 
it helps:

   http://www.pccables.com/00504.htm

Good luck! And please keep us posted so curiosity doesn't kill this "cat". :^)

Bill