When you say you connected the extra power plug, do you mean you have 2
power plugs plugged into the drive? If your drive has two plugs for
power, you still only use one. The legacy plug is just there in case
your power supply didn't have the new SATA power plug.
Mandi
Donald DeWitt wrote:
> Hello members,
>
> I need advice installing a second hard drive as a slave. I have a Dell
> XPS
> 400 running with XP. I purchased a new Seagate 160GB Serial ATA w/NCQ
> 7200/8MB from an internet company and a hookup cable from a different
> internet
> source listed as SATA Serial ATA Cable – 36inch – Red – 1 Right Angle
> Connector. I installed the drive and connected the cable to the drive and
> the motherboard also connected the extra power plug to the drive. The
> computer doesn't recognize the drive by clicking on "My Computer" also
> the
> Add Hardware Wizard cannot find it. The drive did not come with an
> installation CD or installation instructions. Where do I go from here?
>
> Don DeWitt
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