Recent content by DiaNo

Thank you. "If that mobo is in fact an ECS G45T," The mobo is G45T but can not tell whether it is ECS. It was in the PC of Acer Aspire M5700, Windows Vista, on the market in 2008. It is said that the mobo might have been altered by Acer so that common users cannot change motherboards by...

Thank you. "what does dmesg/lspci/etc say about ItheDE controller and the SATA controller?" I do not know. The Linux I am now running is in fact not running but testing, running it on a flash stick as USB live bootable. Have tried to install it, Linux Mint Xfce, onto various USB flash sticks...

Thank you. "adapter to go IDE to SATA and S to I;" Thanks for the advice. Will not add any new device to the current setup because of the fact that all the items of the current setup are more than 10 years old. I am using it for testing and learning. Yes, I know that IDE is not as fast as...

Thank you. I realize what you are saying. All I hope to get is a piece of information or knowledge telling me whether IDE hard drive is regulated or controlled by the same chip set which controls SATA hard drives.

Thank you. The PSU is good and in use now, except for the one cable for connecting HDDs because of the loose connector or connectors. Both the PSU and MB are running Linux installed on USB hard drive. Any hard drive connected to SATA connectors on the MB is not detected by both BIOS and OS...

The motherboard: G45T AM2 V.1.0, mATX, manufactured in 2007 or 2008, both IDE and SATA HDDs can be used on this MB. A loose SATA power connector of a PSU caused an accident on the MB. Then, SATA hard drives connected to this MB can not be detected by BIOS and OS installers. The hard driver...

Changed PSU and had HDD connected to SATA power connector for HDD. Still, Windows installer could find no driver of the HDD. Still, BIOS did not recognize the HDD. Tried to reseed the BIOS by taking the CR2032 for 30 minutes and put it back in again. No help.

Thank you. "The drive isn't receiving power," The drive receives power. "the drive is bad" The drive is good. "or the drive isn't able to provide data (via sata)." Maybe this is the reason BIOS has no info of the HDD because it is connected to the connector for ODD, not for HDD. Does this...

Thank you. "Well, when you say the drive is "burnt", do you mean literally or it just stopped working?" It is literally burnt. There was a "pa" burst & smell of burning metal & the HDD was burning hot. "That tells me you have either a bad SATA cable, as you have two drives with issues, both...

PC : Acer aspire M5700, OS : Windows 7 Pro. 32b. CPU: Intel Core2 Quad CPU， RAM: DDR2 800 SDRAM 4G， GPU: Removed & use on board Intel® G45， PSU: Liteon 6301-08Ak, replaced by RM650x for testing. MB : G45T AM2 V:1.0 motherboard， HDD: WD600BEVS Scorpio 60GB The HDD is burnt. Try to install OS on...

Found a G45T AM2 V:1.0 board. It started the PC if HDD was not connected. It would not start if HDD was connected to any one of the 4 connectors on the PSU wires. The seller of the board said the board could start the machine & install OS. I connected the HDD to DVD connector & yes, the machine...

Hello, Mr. rhkcommander959. Are you still there? Some new findings. I replaced the original PSU with a Corsair 650X. Switch power on & tapped on on/off switch, no response. Tapped 10 to 15 times, CPU fan runs for a second, then slows down & stopped running. Only the CPU fan, nothing else...

Thank you again. "Have you tried shorting the power sw pins in your testing since?" Here is the test & result. 1.Disconnected power & pull the Power SW pins apart from the pins, with all basic peripherals connected, then connected power, and shorted the pins. The PC started. Ran for 16 minutes...

Thank you. Read your instructions 2 days ago and tested accordingly. Test l. "try pulling power, plug in again, and hit power sw once. Does anything at all happen? A fan twitch/spin, led lights, anything? No. Nothing happens. No twitch, no light, nothing. Test with peripherals connected...

The PC : Acer aspire M5700, Windows 7 Pro. 32b. Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU，DDR2 800 SDRAM 4G，GPU has been removed & use on board Intel® G45，G45T AM2 V:1.0 motherboard，Hitachi SATA2 3.0Hb/s 7200rpm 500GB, Labelflash DVD SuperMulti DL optical drive。 Items removed: Floppy disc drive, GPU, & rear wall...