Re: hard related

[Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com>]

On 8/23/05, Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers@mtpalomar.net> wrote:
> I had a lightening strike take out my other computer. Everything seems
> fine, and I have moved over to another box, same specs.
> 
> Everything, except the cd's , work as advertised.
> 
> When I plug both the cdrom, and dvd-writer into the ide bus, the
> computer will not get to the "check memory" check bios phase. Yet when
> I unplug either the cdrom or the dvd-writer the system boots, and
> functions as it should.
> 
> I have both cd devices set to "cable select".
> 
> I've tried another IDE cable, same result.
> 
> Any other things I may be missing

The IDE controller may be fried. Try with a known-good IDE drive
(hopefully one you're not too fond of, just in case), and if that
fails get a PCI card to replace it.