desktop won't recoginize Smasung MP0402h laptop hd

[fred9]

Ist Samsung was doa. this second one doesn't seem to do anything. any ideas? or way to test? I'm using special "connector" for pins and plug.
Thanks, Steve

[MonsterMac]

are you sure you have the adapter connected to the hdd right? if it's connected wrong it can kill the drive.

[Halo]

With the two (different) adapters I have here the power connecter is always on the left of the pins when connected.

[fred9]

Yes I have the #1 pin on the HDD connected to the #1 pin on the adapter.
Thanks

[frostedflakes]

Go to Start > Run..., then type in C:\WINDOWS\System32\diskmgmt.msc and hit enter. The drive should show up in there. You'll need to format it. Then it should be accessible via My Computer.

If it doesn't show up in the Disk Managment utility, check and see if the BIOS recognizes the drive during POST.

[fred9]

I put the new HD in a laptop and the laptop BIOS did see the new 40gig hd.
I next tried the 10GIG hd from the laptop in my PC to no avail.

I tried the new hd a number of ways - as the only HD, that is, I used same ribbon as 3.5 drive. I tried it as a slave to the 3.5 HD. I then disocnnected the cdr and and DVD drives and tried the new HD as the only drive on the secondary ribbon.

My pc is ASUS TUSL2-c with 1.2 Celeron. Is the pc too old to take a 2.5 drive or is there something very basic that I'm missing?
thanks, Steve

[Ralf Hutter]

My pc is ASUS TUSL2-c with 1.2 Celeron. Is the pc too old to take a 2.5 drive or is there something very basic that I'm missing?
thanks, Steve

Must be something you're missing. I used 2.5" HDDs with a couple of TUSL2's as well as Abit ST6's and they worked fine. It's been so long that I can't specifically remember any special settings, but I know that I always ran the latest BIOSes on all my S370 boards.