need options on IDE issue

[yonu]

OK here is the problem I am having I have a Foxconn - WINFAST 748K7AA motherboard and when i hook up the drive it says no 80wire ide cable is used however they are 80wire cables any thoughts on this? I have tryed a couple of different cables with no luck

Thanks,
yonu

[gdement]

Re: need options on IDE issue

I don't know anything about that board specifically, but 80wire cables are fragile. Are the cables you tried new, or are they old ones? They use solid core wire, which deteriorates after it gets bent too many times.

But I'm probably on the wrong track. I think there's a specific pin responsible for detecting an 80wire cable, and it's unlikely both cables would be broken in exactly the same place. My only guess would be a bad solder joint on the board.

[kikkoman]

Re: need options on IDE issue

I've seen 80wire cables that are made of stranded wire, too. Either way, they're fragile and too much tension can easily damage them (especially at the edges).
could be a ground/shielding issue as well.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: need options on IDE issue

What is the drive?

[yonu]

Re: need options on IDE issue

it is actually 4 drives
they are
Maxtor 2B020H1
Maxtor 6L200R0
Maxtor 6L300R0
HP DVD Writer 630c

and both IDE channels give the issue
and one cable is new the other one is old

Thanks,
yonu

[PCBONEZ]

Re: need options on IDE issue

Know what.
I would take a close look at your capacitors.
Particularly those near your chipset and IDE connectors.
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I had a board with one bad cap in the IDE that if I connected any drive to the second IDE port then it would detect no drives at all present on either connector.
Disconnect the second IDE port and it worked fine using the first port.
[That board still lives in my ever growing 'to do' box.]
.

[dood]

Re: need options on IDE issue

[That board still lives in my ever growing 'to do' box.]
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Hey! You've got one of those, too, eh? Mine is full of donated boards that have no urgency in their recap. And, they're boards that I likely will not profit from, and so do not see the need to spend the money in caps to fix them.

[yonu]

Re: need options on IDE issue

Will look but they all looked find when I installed the board thanks hadn't even thought of that

[yonu]

Re: need options on IDE issue

well Guys I feel real stupid and this is also the last time I chance IDE cables at 2 in the morning turns out they were 40wire cables the system I has having trouble with is the server for my home automation and whole house audio so I only work on it after everyone has gone to bed so needless to say I walk into the server closet and look on the shelf are 2 80wire cables so i slide the cover off the case and look and yeap there are 2 40 wire cables in the system apparently when I changed out a drive a couple weeks ago I screwed up and put the old cables back in.

so i feel extremly stupid,

Thanks for the help,
yonu

[PCBONEZ]

Re: need options on IDE issue

No worries.
Everyone has days like that.