Jacob, I would think if the drive has the legacy power connector, it should
work. Do you have another computer to test the drive in? Did it work in
another computer or this one before? Maybe just a bad drive, it happens. I
had a WD 320GB that was DOA from newegg. Pat
"Jacob" <u27888@uwe> wrote in message news:67c83d0fe0e0c@uwe...
> Pat, WHen it happened the first time, I went into the bios setup and
> noticed
> that disk 2 and 3 were OFF. I turned them ON. This did not make any
> difference.
>
> My thrid drive comes with a "Legacy Power" socket. I assumed that it means
> I
> can use the "old-style" power connector (which for instance powers to the
> DVD)
> Perhaps that's the problem and the disk does not get any power. Getting a
> Y
> adapter to for SATA power is porbably my next step, though I would have
> assumed the legacy power would do the trick.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Pat Conover wrote:
>>Jacob, Did you turn the SATA connector ON in the BIOS? When I added my
>>2nd
>>SATA drive to my Dimension 9150, I had turned ON the wrong SATA connector
>>in
>>the BIOS. A quick reboot to disable the wrong one and turn ON the correct
>>one worked fine. I also had to buy a Y adapter to get a SATA power
>>connector when I added a 3rd SATA drive from the Dimension 9150 power
>>supply. Only two SATA power connectors. I don't know exactly what you
>>mean
>>by "legacy power". Did you go into Disk Management under Computer
>>Management and Initialize, Format and assign a drive letter ID? Right
>>click
>>My Computer, Manage and Disk Management.
>>
>>Try those suggestions and post back, good or bad news. Three SATA drives
>>should work. I'm thinking about adding a 4th SATA 320GB.
>>
>>HTH, Pat
>>
>>>I am trying to install a Third drive on my dimension 8400. I have a thrid
>>> SATA 200mb drive. I have connected
>>[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>>> When I boot, I get a message that Drive 4 (?) cannot be found. Can
>>> anyone
>>> help me figure out how to troubleshoot this?
>
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