none of my IDE devices detected by BIOS
I recently unplugged my HDDs to check out another one, which didn't load; when I reconnected the original disks the computer would not start and going into the BIOS I found it was not detecting any of the IDE devices including the CD drive. The CD drive will open and close but that's it.
I removed and reconnected all the cables and tried different cables, I removed the BIOS battery briefly: no change.
This is (or rather was) the self-assembled computer so the motherboard has been around a bit - it looks as if the IDE controllers are defunct.
Any other suggestions before it goes to landfill?
Susan
(Luckily the purpose of the manoeuvres was to set up another P4 in case of something like this happening and I have been able to transfer my HDD to the other computer)
Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz 1.5GB RAM
Xubuntu 12.04
Computers are my mid-life crisis - it could have been worse!
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