hard drive not working

[Gandalf on Crack]

i installed a 160 gig samsung hard drive today as a slave to a 80 gig wd hd on my asus a7n8x. when i booted, it wouldn't acknoweldge either of the drives. i unplugged the new hd, and everything works fine. is there something wrong with my hard drive?

 

[CommanderFrank]

Check to see if you have both of them jumpered to Master.......the secondary will have to be set to slave to get them to work.

 

[MontyAC]

Check that the 80 is set as master and the new drive as slave.

 

[Gandalf on Crack]

the jumpers on both are correct

 

[CommanderFrank]

1. Go into BIOS and make sure Auto Detection is enabled for HDDs

2. Try another IDE cable

3. Check for bent pins on added drive

 

[xdviper]

try it on another computer, if it works then exchange it, if it doesnt work then send it to the company, go to the website fill out a rma and send it

 

[Ice Czar]

try setting both drives to cable select