Help needed, pros welcome! poor monkey
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evilmonkey




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PostPosted: Mon, 26th Dec 2011 20:40    Post subject: Help needed, pros welcome! poor monkey
ok im going to fuking explode, need some help from my fellow humpers

if you read in the xmas thread in general my wife bought me a new mobo, and 17 and 8 gigs of ram for xmas (woop)

now ive got everyting installed in my new case etc etc, i can get into my previous installation of windows but.....i didnt realise my dvd drive isnt sata, its just a ribbon connector, so i went out to pcworld today and bought one of these adapter things, ide > sata conversion thing

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/imag1298.jpg/

s plugged it in and connected it to one of my sata connectors.

heres the problem, on boot it gets stuck on "detecting ide drives" when boot with it plugged in it will say this and eventually not even pick up my HDD. If i unplug it then windows boots normally

whats the problem?

heres another pic



please help
, i need to reinstall windows and NEED my dvdrive (no i dont have a usb stick that isnt helpful to me)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/imag1296.jpg/
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frogster




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PostPosted: Mon, 26th Dec 2011 21:26    Post subject:
never used this kind of adapter but from my head :

try to check in bios sata -> ide mode, not ahci or something.
read the documentation of the adapter, maybe you need to set the jumper on the drive to a specific position.


you can try to get an iso of windows kit, copy files on your hdd, and see if the setup gives you an option to install the new os over.

l.e.
if posible try to change that sata adapter with a pci adapter card with ide connection, or a new sata dvd drive. both are cheap.
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evilmonkey




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PostPosted: Mon, 26th Dec 2011 21:39    Post subject:
yeah its ide mode in bios

the only thing i noticed about the adapter is on the two sata connectors it sayd HDD -> sata

hdd? using it on a dvdrive, the packet just said ide to sata converter
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Frant
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PostPosted: Mon, 26th Dec 2011 21:56    Post subject:
A SATA DVD Burner isn't really much more expensive than the adapter itself these days Wink


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