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Setup: |
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amd Athlon64 +3400 architecture |
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I'm attempting to replace 2 200gb sata drives with 2 750 gb drives. |
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All drives concerned are WD. |
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And the 2 200gb are attached to a: |
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Adeptec 1205sa PCI sata card (non-raid) |
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The two existing drives have been working fine but need more room so |
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replacing with 2 750gb. |
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I thought I'd try replacing one first and see how it went. |
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I hit a snag on the first swap. Pulled out the 200gb and inserted a |
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750 but it turns out that the new drive, unlike my older 200gb drives |
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does not have the old 4pin power connector that I expected. |
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I see some other connectors in the wiring harness that look like they |
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go to the larger (non-data) fitting on these new sata drives. Its |
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about twice as wide as the data plug but has the same little 90 degree |
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hook on one end. |
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The matching plugs on the wiring harness appear to be made for this so |
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I go ahead and plug it in, and fire up the machine. |
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As boot up proceeds it gets by the brief memory check then comes a |
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screen saying: |
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Press F3 to enter configuration utility |
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Primary channel: WDC WD750-blah-bah <= my new 750gb drive |
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So I guess this is coming from the Adeptec 1205sa card and press |
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F3... but nothing happens, and no further progress appears possible. |
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Rebooting and ignoring the `Press F3' screen doesn't allow boot to |
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proceed either. |
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So I appear to be stuck and unable to boot up. |
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The boot disk is not on sata and is not involved in the swap. |
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Anyone see anthing similar or have a suggestion. |
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