BIG_DIV
05-16-2002, 12:26 PM
This is for people having trouble with their motherboards recognizing their hard drives.
I was having troubles with my Abit KT7 recognizing a brand new 20gig Western Digital hard drive that I installed in my system. After many hours of trying I began looking at several forums to see if there was a fix for this. I learned from the www.motherboards.com (http://www.motherboards.com) web site (Do a search for "ABIT KT7 Hard Drive") that some of the Western Digital hard drives were having trouble with the KT133 chipset. I learned that you could snip wire 1 (40 wire) of my IDE cable [or wires 1 and 2 of the 80 wire cable], so that it made no connection. I snipped the wires, put the drive back in and the system recognized the drive right away. Below are some specifics for anyone interested.
Western Digital 20GIG ATA100 7200 RPM
Model number: WD200BB-75CLB0
Abit KT7 Motherboard w/the original bios
If you want to verify this information for your self you can contact Western Digital. They will actually send you a special IDE cable for your system, if you want to wait for the delivery instead of cutting the cable yourself.
I also have a CDROM hooked up to the same channel as the drive and it seems to be doing just fine, no hic-cups at all.
If you have any questions on this contact western digital or reply to this message.
Big_DIV http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif
I was having troubles with my Abit KT7 recognizing a brand new 20gig Western Digital hard drive that I installed in my system. After many hours of trying I began looking at several forums to see if there was a fix for this. I learned from the www.motherboards.com (http://www.motherboards.com) web site (Do a search for "ABIT KT7 Hard Drive") that some of the Western Digital hard drives were having trouble with the KT133 chipset. I learned that you could snip wire 1 (40 wire) of my IDE cable [or wires 1 and 2 of the 80 wire cable], so that it made no connection. I snipped the wires, put the drive back in and the system recognized the drive right away. Below are some specifics for anyone interested.
Western Digital 20GIG ATA100 7200 RPM
Model number: WD200BB-75CLB0
Abit KT7 Motherboard w/the original bios
If you want to verify this information for your self you can contact Western Digital. They will actually send you a special IDE cable for your system, if you want to wait for the delivery instead of cutting the cable yourself.
I also have a CDROM hooked up to the same channel as the drive and it seems to be doing just fine, no hic-cups at all.
If you have any questions on this contact western digital or reply to this message.
Big_DIV http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif