Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Jul 6 10:40:16 CDT 2008
Good instructions, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> Date: Sunday, July 6, 2008 7:33 am Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows won't reboot To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Well always a CHANCE. Just like someone COULD die from a tonselectomy. > Opening the cover shouldn't be to risky though. It's possible the > cable is not connected properly or maybe the power wasn't connected. > There should be two cables connected, one for data and one for power. > The power one comes from the power supply and the data goes straight > to the motherboard. Depending on the type of hard drive, the data > cable may be a ribbon cable with about an inch and a half > connector or > if it's a newer system it would have just a smaller connector > about a > half inch wide connected to a cord about the size of a telephone cord. > The power cables are usually multi-colored individual wires with about > a 3/4 inch wide connector on the end for the older style or > maybe a > little less wide than that for the newer SATA style > cables. And the > cable itself could have been damaged too. I've had bad SATA data > cables before. > > Pull the cover off or open and have a peak inside. If it's a Dell > system you can go to their website and they will have a drawing > of the > mother board with all the connections identified. Other brands > probably have that info available online too. There are usually two > hard drive connection ports and it might want you to use a particular > one for the boot drive. > > This would be a little more risque but if it still doesn't boot or > recognize that there is a drive there, you might want to try to power > it up with the cover off and feel if the drive feels like it is > spinning up at all. If it' is not spinning or even trying to > spin then > it's either dead or it's not connected to power correctly. > > Anytime something isn't working it's a standard thing to "reseat the > cables" though, Unplug and replug each end of the cables for the > effected device to make sure they are fully connected. > > Good luck. Once you have done it you will see it's not that scary > inside the case. > > GK > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Susan Harkins > <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote: > > If he were to check himself -- just open the case and make > sure what's > > connected is in deed a good connection -- is there a chance he > could screw > > something up? > > > > Susan H. > > > > > >> Moving a hard drive from one computer to another is actually > one of the > >> easiest things to do. There is only one cable that has to be > connected>> (excluding the power supply cable which is a no > brainer) and you can not > >> even put the connections in backwards as there is a tab which > stops that. > >> > >> The only other way to screw up a single drive move is if you > do not check > >> that the cables are firmly, in place and again there is no > way to screw > >> that up either as there is no other connectors that could confuse. > >> > >> If you can plug in a coffee pot you can plug in a moved hard > drive. ;-) > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> > >> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008 4:59 pm > >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows won't reboot > >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > >> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > >> > >>> Close enough isn't close enough in this case. If the bios > >>> doesn't see > >>> it the operating system isn't going to either. Seems like trouble > >>> waiting to happen moving a hard drive from system to system. > >>> > >>> GK > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Susan Harkins > >>> <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > I checked on it last night and I'm sure the guy didn't > hook it > >>> up right -- > >>> > it even says so, just before it displays the message to > >>> replace disk and hit > >>> > any key. Unfortunately, I was unable to help. I need to > take a > >>> class or > >>> > something -- it's ridiculous that I'm such a wienie where > hardware's>>> > concerned. > >>> > > >>> > Susan H. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> >> And perhaps also to hit Delete or F8 or whatever it is on > >>> that model to go > >>> >> into BIOS setup and see what the system thinks is attached. > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > dba-Tech mailing list > >>> > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Gary Kjos > >>> garykjos at gmail.com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >