Help! I can't get my 2nd Hdd working with my ultrabay A31

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Help! I can't get my 2nd Hdd working with my ultrabay A31

#1 Post by iamadam » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:25 am

Hello there got a samsung HM 160 hc 5400rpm/pata. I installed Ubuntu on it while waiting for my ultra bay to turn up. The ultra bay turn up, I deleted the files and formatted the drive and removed the two top right pins so it now acts as a slave drive. But when i try to use both HD drives the A31 seems to get confused and does not boot up. Can some one tell me what i'm doing wrong.

i am running windows xp on my other drive and it loads up fine when the other drive is not present. :x

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Re: Help! I can't get my 2nd Hdd working with my ultrabay A31

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:03 pm

You shouldn't have removed the pins...
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Re: Help! I can't get my 2nd Hdd working with my ultrabay A31

#3 Post by iamadam » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:00 am

Maybe so, not a very constructive post. I got it working, with pins removed by using the right hand bay. :lol:

So there you go, thanks

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