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- From: jcl@bdrc.bd.com (John C. Lusth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: HDD controller failure
- Keywords: help
- Message-ID: <1858@bdrc.bdrc.bd.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 02:41:07 GMT
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- I just got a WD2200 Caviar 213 MB disk drive. In the CMOS setup, I
- set the Cylinders to 989, Heads to 12 and Sectors/track to 35 as
- specified on the data sheet I received with it. I set WPcom to 0 and
- LZone to 989, but I'm just guessing for these values. Anyway, when
- I try to boot up using the floppy, I get 2 beeps and the message
-
- HDD controller failure
- Press F1 to continue
-
- If I press F1, the floppy goes active and then stops. A long
- time later I finally get the date and time queries and then
- the DOS prompt. If I try to format the drive at that point,
- I get an invalid drive specification error.
-
- The controller board is not the problem as I successfully use
- it on my other computer. The drive is not jumpered which is
- correct for a single disk drive, so that's not the problem
- either. Does anybody have a clue as to what is wrong? I'm
- having trouble getting through to the technical support people
- from whence I bought the drive.
-
- Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-
- john
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- John C. Lusth, Becton Dickinson Research Center, RTP, NC, USA jcl@bdrc.bd.com
-