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Have you tried a different IDE cable?Hug provider for depression thread :grouphug:
"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell.." - Unwell by Matchbox Twenty0 -
boogiemaster wrote:Try it on a firends computer? if it dont work then? send it back and tell them thanks for wasteing your time!
blinky Have you tried a different IDE cable?
I have not yet tried it on a different cable but as I used the same connector as on the working drive I assumed this would be sufficient. However trying on a friends computer will do this anyway won't it?I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
peter_the_piper wrote:Trying that now, just waiting for him to get back to me.
blinky Have you tried a different IDE cable?
I have not yet tried it on a different cable but as I used the same connector as on the working drive I assumed this would be sufficient. However trying on a friends computer will do this anyway won't it?Hug provider for depression thread :grouphug:
"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell.." - Unwell by Matchbox Twenty0
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