W. eWatson said:
Tried both # 4 and # 5. Nothing.
I can see several different model numbers that start
with WD2500 here.
http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=502&lang=en
We'll pretend it's a WD2500LB.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/search/1/a_id/932#jumper
With a single drive on the cable and no drive in the middle
cable position, the "no jumper" setting looks appropriate.
Try to use an 80 wire 40 pin connector cable if you can,
for best performance. The 40 wire 40 pin connector cable
limits the speed to something like 33MB/sec. Software can
sense whether an 80 wire or 40 wire cable is connected.
The 80 wire connector is also typically compatible with
"Cable Select" should you choose to use it later on.
The 80 wire cable, uses 40 wires for signal grounds,
and has better impedance control as a result. The
software senses that, and enables the faster cable
operating rates.
But for the moment, with the single drive, you can try
the "no jumper" option.
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This is a generic jumper document. This document
has value, for the information on page 3, which allows
drive geometry changes by adding a second jumper
for the "clip" function. That is used on old systems,
when the BIOS cannot handle a large drive. This does not
apply to your P5NSLI motherboard, which is quite modern.
Any system after mid-2003, is pretty well assured to be
large drive compatible, and not have a problem with 250GB
drives on either IDE or SATA port.
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/other/2579-001037.pdf
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Maybe it isn't a jumper or cabling issue, and all
of that is fine.
Perhaps you entered the BIOS setup, went to the
IDE section, and made modifications to the
"Auto" setting that Asus uses by default.
Look in there, you'll see it's been taken
off Auto and set to something else. After all,
with the 8.4GB previous drive, you may have been
tempted to use customs settings with it. I stopped
doing that, after "shooting myself in the foot"
with that stuff
Ok, now to check if I have the manual in my collection.
e2234_p5nsli.pdf page 2-17 (PDF page 67)
Access Mode [ CHS, LBA, Large, Auto ]
And [Auto] is the default, and also a good choice.
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http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/lba.htm
"Comparison of Translation Modes"
http://pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/modesComparison-c.html
Paul