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Re: [S] Mercury I/O Cable
Reply #90 - 11.12.05 at 18:47:38  
Are you using a 40 pin IDE or a 80 Ultra ATA cable?

Is there anything else on the IDE bus (cable)?

Check the strapping on the drive Master/Slave/Cable Select.



Try another drive. Try another cable.

What is the BIOS version on the MB, Maybe it can't detect you drive correctly (newer larger drive possibly too large)?


I think it's a hardware issue. Keep the same motherboard in and lets start swapping out some drives cable and stuff. Put the drive on the bus by itself (CDrom on the secondary IDE).



Sorry for all the questions. I trying to get a feel for what's going on. Some of the question are pretty basic but it helps me visualize the situation.
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Reply #91 - 11.12.05 at 19:28:03  
i use an 80pin cable for the hdd and a 40pin for the cdrom

both devices set as master, both have a seperate ide channel

bios version i have to check
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Reply #92 - 11.12.05 at 19:51:13  
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i use an 80pin cable for the hdd and a 40pin for the cdrom


Should make no difference as the GX chipset is ATA-33.

Might not hurt going to the 40 strand cable for the HD though to be safe.
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Reply #93 - 11.12.05 at 21:31:31  
What's the drive size?
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Reply #94 - 11.12.05 at 22:06:17  
8GB Seagate
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Reply #95 - 11.12.05 at 22:54:08  
Should be no problem there ???

If I were you, I would use http://www.mbhs.edu/~jaosborn/boot98se.exe Boot from it and run Fdisk and delete all partitions then create 2 partitions both using FAT 16 (say no to large disk support) C: = 2GB, D: = 2 GB. then install Win98SE to the C: Then install Windows NT4 to the D: This will automatically create a "Dual Boot" system.

We have to get NT4 or Win2K on this machine if you ever want the Mercury sub-System to function.
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Reply #96 - 11.12.05 at 23:12:53  
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We have to get NT4 or Win2K on this machine if you ever want the Mercury sub-System to function.


Win2k won't give you the display tab for Mercury, only NT4.
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Reply #97 - 11.12.05 at 23:26:55  
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Win2k won't give you the display tab for Mercury, only NT4.





Good point. Try to stay with NT4. You DO want to see this Tab, go to reply 24 & 26 towards the bottom of this page... http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=market;action=display...
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Reply #98 - 12.12.05 at 11:09:13  
i remember, i once did get a win nt running on this board... (but i had many tries to get it working...) At this time i did not have your aa cap...

then i formatted the drive because i needed it in another PC...

<-- me stupid  Roll Eyes
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Reply #99 - 12.12.05 at 18:13:32  
If shipping "From" Germany wasn't so expensive I would have you to ship it to me or Gary for testing.

Well if all else fails, you could always buy my Complete Mercury System Lips Sealed
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Reply #100 - 12.12.05 at 20:17:43  
Off-Topic note :

Wow, more than three months now... you really got a complicated nut to crack there Wink
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Reply #101 - 12.12.05 at 23:47:33  
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Wow, more than three months now... you really got a complicated nut to crack there Wink



LOL!

I just realized your reply is number "100"

I'll close this deal if it's the last thing I do.

And it very well may be Undecided
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Reply #102 - 13.12.05 at 02:03:16  
gamma you know, i will not fool you.

you know the deal (brooklyn bounce is for real...) [lol last one  went into my mind, sorry, forget about it Wink ]
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Re: [S] Mercury I/O Cable ** Sale Pending**
Reply #103 - 16.12.05 at 22:17:03  
gamma, today i bought a third L440gx+ board cause the seller of the second board doesnt respond anymore  Cry no contact, no noard, nothing  Angry

i hope than your image will work.
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Re: [S] Mercury I/O Cable ** Sale Pending**
Reply #104 - 16.12.05 at 22:45:36  
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gamma, today i bought a third L440gx+ board cause the seller of the second board doesnt respond anymore  Cry no contact, no noard, nothing  Angry


Sheesh, would have been cheaper to buy my known good spare board.
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