[redsniper]

So.
This past week was Spring Break, which I thought would be a good time to build the computer I've been planning to build for some time now. On Thursday I went and bought a bunch of parts (which some of you helped me pick out), then I went back on Saturday and got what I lacked. Saturday evening I started to assemble the mofo. I got the CPU and RAM installed, put the mobo in the case, and got all the little annoying plugs for the front ports on the case plugged into the mobo. So then I was about to check the jumper on my Serial ATA/150 80GB Maxtor 9 Plus whatever-the-heck-it's-called and the jumper WASN'T THERE! I looked all over the floor, couldn't find it. Then I remembered that I had saved $50 on the HD because it had been opened before. The idiot who had it before must have lost the little bugger, which is probably why he returned it.
So, now I can't proceed on building my computer and it will probably be a while before I can get in to Houston and get the HD exchanged or buy a new one. *sigh*
Rant over.

[Bobboau]

can't you get jumpers from radio shack or something?

[redsniper]

I don't know or care.
It's not that bad really, I was just pissed at first. I'll hopefully start working on it again on Wednesday. maybe...

EDIT: plus we don't have a RadioShack. We used to but it got replaced by Donald's Doughnuts

[Bobboau]

well you could just get some little wire thingies and wrapem around the pins, you'd be suprized what those garbage bag ties (the metal wire ones) can be good for

[redsniper]

I just think I'd prefer a real jumper that's, you know, designed for this kind of stuff. It's all right. I'm patient.

[Liberator]

This is why we use IDE hard drives.

Always check used parts for missing pieces.

[Turnsky]

find an old motherboard, they're usually loaded with jumpers..

may mean you might have to go dumpster diving.. but hey

[Stealth]

IDE hard drives use jumpers too Liberator

Hey man, if you give me the name of the store i can stop by, pick up a jumper or two, and mail it to you if you want.

or you could (as was mentioned) go to radio shack or any computer store and pick up a dozen of them for $0.60

[Liberator]

But a mobo doesn't usually need a jumper to enable IDE support.

[Thorn]

No... but the hard drives need jumpers to work.. y'know.. tell the mobo whats the slave and whats the master..

[ChronoReverse]

You motherboard probably has more jumpers than required to work.  Find one that isn't across two pins, pull it out and use that.

Heck, your optical drive will probably be set to slave and will have unused jumpers too that you can pull out and use.

The CMOS jumper usually isn't shorted, you could pull that one and use that too.

[Thorn]

Christ.. I have thousands of the things..
Gimme your address and I'll toss a handful in an envelope....

[redsniper]

well... I'm still a little worried about this HD. There might be more wrong with it than just a missing jumper, considering the person sent it back. I mean, the static bag had already been opened. Besides, this is my first time trying to build a comp. I think I'll just play it safe and ask the store for a new one. I'll probably be working on it again by Tuesday or Wednesday.

[demon442]

I safe bet, redsniper.

While just a missing jumper is no big deal (who dosent have tons of the little bastards?), one should never assume the the immediate problem is the complete scope when dealing with used parts.

[Stealth]

i'd say do a low-level before using it permanently.

[mikhael]

Don't do a low level format. That's just dumb. Why in the name of Bob would you need to re-layout the tracks and sectors?

Just repartition it and format the new partitions. Jesus. That's like pulling your teeth to brush them.

[Stealth]

yeah i meant to say repartition/format... i said "low-level" because i'd just replied in another thread and was talking about low leveling.  my bad.

hehe, that is pretty funny though

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by mikhael
Don't do a low level format. That's just dumb. Why in the name of Bob would you need to re-layout the tracks and sectors?

Just repartition it and format the new partitions. Jesus. That's like pulling your teeth to brush them.

Actually, i had to do an LL format when I rebuilt my Pc last year.... the file allocation table and whatnot was corrupted for some reason, so the HD basically needed to be restored back to square one.