Cannot find IDE Harddrive! PLEASE HELP!

[Deleted member 79192]

Okay. I just had some new parts installed yesteday on my computer. New Motherboard, CPU, memory, and CPU fan. I reconnected my harddrive, CD-ROM, and video card to the motherboard, and went tog o set things up. It doesn't see my harddrive whenever I turn the computer on, unless I wiggle the IDE wire a bit inside the case. After doing that, it detected it, and I continued to set up my computer. BIOS, reformatting (I also partitioned it since I changed my mind about how I partitioned it before), and installed Windows. Now everything works, unless I turn the computer off and back on. I can reboot (as long as the computer doesn't turn off), but I don't want to turn it off or I'll have to fiddle with the stuff again. By the way, I just noticed I said that I (ME) did all this stuff, but it was really my dad who did this, and I'm not allowed to go into the case. This is why I can't just fiddle with it whwnever I want to turn it back on. Any help on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ice Czar]

answered your own question
replace that cable and ensure that its tightly seated
have your dad read the consequences of a poor signal on a cable in the Corruption 101 FAQ (cable section)


IDE is a very robust standard
but physical connection is rather important

Good Luck