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**pam123** · 09-02-2008, 07:08 PM

Assuming the drive has a clean bill of health (and I'm not ready to do that) that leaves the IDE cable, the motherboard, or the XP install.

You did not have to go into the bios, IDE 133 drives are backwards compatible with IDE 100 motherboard connectors.

What I would do is find a friend willing to let you hook that drive up, perhaps via usb, and see if his/her computer has problems with it.

If that's the case then return the drive for exchange.

09-02-2008, 07:08 PM	#7
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,714	Assuming the drive has a clean bill of health (and I'm not ready to do that) that leaves the IDE cable, the motherboard, or the XP install. You did not have to go into the bios, IDE 133 drives are backwards compatible with IDE 100 motherboard connectors. What I would do is find a friend willing to let you hook that drive up, perhaps via usb, and see if his/her computer has problems with it. If that's the case then return the drive for exchange. __________________ Asus M4A77D, 64 X2 6000+, 4 GB Corsair DDR2 800 ram, Radeon 5770.