IDE issues <consolidated responses from several sources>

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Phoenician <phoenician at phoenixcolony.com>: 
 
> The HD and CD-Rom both fail to spin up 
> when the pc is powered up 
> as long as the IDE cable is plugged in.  Turn off  the pc, disconnect the 
> IDE cable, turn it on and then 
> the HD and CD-Rom spin up.  I even swapped the IDE cables with known working 
> cables and I also swapped the 
> CD-Rom with one out of another system. 
 
Try swapping the suspect HD into another system.  Sounds very much like you 
may have a bad drive. 
 
 - Live from Andover - Tarcanfel East 

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