Kyle,
Actually, all jumpers are set properly. I even double checked them. An update:
The machine at least booted today. It ran like nothing ever happened. I then
logged off and tried once again to re install the zip drive and....nothing..!
actually if it helps, I heard the H.D. click a few clicks..but nothing more than
a second's worth. I let it run for a bit...nothing more happened. I HATE when
this happens! Thanks for asking Kyle!
Richard Tabas
Philly Pa.
love those Eagles fans!
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Kyle Elmblade wrote:

> Richard,
>
> You did not mention anything about jumpers in your troubleshooting.  I know
> for a fact the if a drive is not jumpered for the correct configuration it
> "can" cause  the computer not to boot.  What's confusing is that some drives
> will say no jumper required for a master with no slave, but it may not work
> that way.  Specifically, I recently had a problem with a WD Caviar drive
> that said it needed one jumper for a master with slave, but no jumper was
> "required" for just a master.  However, without the jumper it took over two
> minutes to detect the drive on post.
>
> Alternatively, I tried to start a machine the other day when I had the drive
> jumpered as master only, and I had a second drive on the same IDE channel.
> The fan would come on, but nothing else.  As soon as I corrected the jumper
> problem the computer booted without trouble.
>
> Just a thought in case you hadn't checked this.
>
> Kyle Elmblade

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