On Thursday 09 June 2005 23:45, Bill Six wrote: > Hi, > > This isn't a Gentoo related problem, but a hardware > one (I know next to nothing about hardware). > > First of all I have a Micron computer with a floppy > drive, DVD-read drive (/dev/hdc), CDR drive > (/dev/hdd), a master harddrive (/dev/hde), and a slave > harddrive (/dev/hdf). > > Yesterday my computer was running fine. Today my dad > put in a DVD burner where the CDR was previously > (/dev/hdd). He also took both harddrives out and put > them back in because the ribbon (whatever it's called, > the grey cable that goes into each drive) was twisted. > > Now, when I try to start up my computer, it doesn't > start at all, it just goes "Beep.... (wait 3 > seconds)...Beep.... (wait 3 seconds)...Beep.... (wait > 3 seconds)..." over and over. It doesn't show the > splash screen for the video card, or for the > manufacturer (Micron). > > Any idea why it would do that? What do the beeps mean? > I put the CDR back in instead of the DVD burner, and > it still gives the same error. > > Last time I let my dad touch my computer haha. > > Thanks for any help, > > Bill Six >
I bet, the cables are wrong sided now. I also bet, the cables were 'twisted', so that Pin1 would be on Pin 1 etc. Check the cables! IDE errors because of wrongly connected cables will totally prevent booting. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
