my pc doesnt detect a hardrive

[hnl4ever]

Everything is connected right first it didnt read my hd now i think it is but nothing is coming up on my monitor the light just turns yellow.

[Randy_tx]

We can better assist you if you will post ALL the problems in ONE post. Thanks! Let us know if you are building this system or if it has previously worked and now has stopped working.

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[Dinosaur]

I assume you have the Disk connected to power and to the IDE connector on the motherboard.

If you added a second Disk, make sure you have one jumpered as Master (this one at the end of cable), and one jumpered as Slave (connected at middle of cable).

I would check the Master/Slave jumpers. Some systems require a stand-alone Disk to be jumpered as a Master. Some require no jumper. You can use a "Neutral" position instead of removing the jumper and probably losing it. "Neutral" is 90 degrees away from Master or Slave position.

Last possibility that I can think of is using the secondary IDE connector with the primary not used. Some Motherboards will not see a Disk under these conditions.

Older Motherboards require you to enter CMOS setup and invoke auto detect or enter Disk parameters. I doubt this is necssary.

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