toshiba HDD problem.

[artpego]

having a small problem getting this toshiba 2540CDS to accept a new HDD. it came with an IBM 4.2GB hdd and i tried to replace it with a toshiba 3.2gb HDD. there is no real set-up in the bios for HDD's and i have tried web-searches and toshiba tech site for help, but i cant find anything. i have even flashed the darn thing with the latest and greatest bios. all i end up with is IDE 0 error:

anyone got any ideas?

[cyberhh]

I am assuming that the Hard Drive does work? I have a 510CDT, 225 CDS and a 4000 CDS and none of them have had a problem when installing a new drive. Have you tried to redetect the drive? Also - at the very least, if the drive was installed propery and is operational you would not be able to read the whole thing, but if the laptop can see a drive it will not give you a drive 0 error.

Sometimes the cables can get turned around, or be off by one pin and that will return the error you are recieving, also if the drive is bad you will get that error, but not from an incorrect BIOS setup.

Check the jumper settings and make sure that it is set to master.

[artpego]

there seems to be no way to re-detect the HDD in the bios. that is the main problem. have tried 2 drives in this thing, both new out of the static bag. jumpers are correct to set it as drive 0.

totally lost here.

michael

[cyberhh]

Do you have a copy of disk manager? or any other Hard Drive manager? They will sometimes solve the problem, however the Tochiba has an autodetect BIOS - maybe the controller itself is bad?

[cc_penguin]

Are you sure the hard drives are good? I know you said that they came out of antistatic bags, I have come across this with some older Compaq laptops where I went across 4 hard drive before I got one working. I would try the hard drives in another machine If ya have any laying around.