ATPI incompatable

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 10:18:46 AM

just recieved my new HD

when i plugged it in it said atpi incompatable, is think coz i have the slave/master jumper in the wrong place?

but when i removed the new HD it then said it about my old one!!!! but it still said press F1 to resume so i did, but my old one still boots up fine.

plz help, i need to transfer the data from my old HD to my new one so that i can get a clean wipe of the old one as windows is having a seriously bad time with major errors!!!!

Anonymous · October 03, 2003, 02:24:54 PM

Have you tried putting them on diff channels?

TeaLeaf · October 03, 2003, 05:29:27 PM

Issue:
ATAPI incompatible press F1 to resume.

Cause:
This issue can be caused by any off the following possibilities:

Cable loose or not connected.
CMOS values not properly set.

Solutions:

CABLE LOOSE OR NOT CONNECTED
If any hardware has been recently added or the computer has been recently moved it is possible that the IDE or power cables connected to the hard disk drive or the CD-ROM drive may have become loose or disconnected.

Verify that the hard disk drive as well as the CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW drive have at least two or more cables connected to them. Once cable should be a gray flat cable (data / IDE/EIDE cable) and the other should be the power cable. In addition the gray flat cable should be connected to the motherboard or the interface card on your computer.

If the cables appear to be connected properly, disconnect the data and power cables and then reconnect them to insure that they are not loose.

CMOS VALUES NOT PROPERLY SET
If all IDE/EIDE/ATAPI cables have been checked or disconnected and reconnected as instructed above and you continue to experience the same issue it is possible that the IDE/EIDE/ATAPI device may not be setup properly in CMOS.

Verify that if your hard disk drive or CD-ROM drives are IDE/EIDE/ATAPI that they are setup in CMOS and setup properly to their configurations. If the hard drive or drives are setup as Auto values do not need to be checked.

TeaLeaf · October 03, 2003, 05:32:47 PM

Or your drive could have died....

Or you may need to replace your CMOS battery......

Try BB's suggestion first, make sure drive set to master/slave as appropriate as not all motherboards can cable select properly.

GL Sheepster......keep us posted.

TL.

smite · October 03, 2003, 05:36:16 PM

Goto the website of the drive and check wat it says about jumpers... I had the same problem when i installed my new one.

smite · October 03, 2003, 05:36:52 PM

It could always be your MB doesnt support large HD's

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 06:59:44 PM

it is a possibility that my mobo wont suport it but i wouldnt have thought so, i bloody hope not, as it is quite an old mobo and i do need to updaqte everythiink but there are several other things that need doing 1st

Anonymous · October 03, 2003, 07:00:03 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Oct 3 2003, 02:24 PM
Have you tried putting them on diff channels?

reason I say this is that some drives have issues working with some other drives (even from the same manufacturer)

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 07:09:20 PM

well ive put it on slave now.

turning off pc and trying it.

Anonymous · October 03, 2003, 07:19:48 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by sheepy@Oct 3 2003, 07:09 PM
well ive put it on slave now.

turning off pc and trying it.

What I mean is that there are 2 EIDE channels that can each support 2 devices - you can have a master and a slave on each channel. Sometimes, hard disks don't like working on the same channel as a another hard disk. If that is case then you can set them both as master but put them on different channels (different ribbon cables rather than the same cable)

Oh, and do as TL suggested, and set all drives to "autodetect" in your BIOS

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 07:23:02 PM

dammit!!!!!

put the jumpers on the correct places

didnt work

went in to CMOS put it on auto, it detected and i was happy

then again

ATAPI not compatable

any ideas,
i really hope that this damn wazzok mobo will accept it.

Anonymous · October 03, 2003, 07:33:57 PM

what is your motherboard and what is your new hard disk?

Is it an old motherboard? it might have issues with large hard disks.

Tutonic · October 03, 2003, 07:34:00 PM

wazzock mobo :lmfao:

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 07:39:05 PM

just been to the mobo maunfacturers webby

and there was a point in the FAQ

Q] can this mobo support hard drives of 80gig or more

A] upgrade to latest bios

just doing this now, downloaded it and im now going to install / restart

sheepy · October 03, 2003, 07:47:18 PM

right that didnt work

when i tryed to install it, it replyed with

chipset not suported

flash not suported

make shure flash isnt protected

these were in seperate warnings when trying to install it. so im trying the slightly older bios as that was a beta and the one erlier is a full vertion