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  1. January 25th, 2007, 01:47 PM #1
    peshek77
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] PCI IDE Controller stopped recognizing HDD.

    I had installed a CompUSA (PCI) IDE ATA133 controller in my Dimension 2400. It run for a coupe of months and then it stopped detecting my hard drive. I pulled the HDD out, put in an external enxlosure, and hooked it up to my laptop. The file system was totally screwed up, I had to format. I did that and I returned it to my desktop. After several restarts of the machine it stopped detecting it again. The PCI card is still being detected during startup. I tried different connection combinations, but nothing seems to work.

    Anyone has any idea what might be going wrong?


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    Quote Originally Posted by peshek77
    I had installed a CompUSA (PCI) IDE ATA133 controller in my Dimension 2400. It run for a coupe of months and then it stopped detecting my hard drive. I pulled the HDD out, put in an external enxlosure, and hooked it up to my laptop. The file system was totally screwed up, I had to format. I did that and I returned it to my desktop. After several restarts of the machine it stopped detecting it again. The PCI card is still being detected during startup. I tried different connection combinations, but nothing seems to work.

    Anyone has any idea what might be going wrong?


    Thanks.
    It's possible that CompUSA controller you bought is shot.
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  3. January 27th, 2007, 12:13 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tecumseh
    It's possible that CompUSA controller you bought is shot.

    I was afraid somebody will say that ... Oh well. Thats what I get for buying the cheap crap.





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