Issues with unidentified laptop

<atomic_trojan> · 11th April 2007, 11:35 PM

My mate came to me with his laptop which he had bought off ebay a few years back. He originally told me it was running slowly, so i dft'd the drive and it came up with errors (corrupted sectors)

he wanted a fresh load so i just installed the new drive.
problem is that during boot it hangs when it gets to "autodetecting ide devices".

i have searched google and it appears that it MAY be a power issue. i then questioned the power usage of both hdd's.

Old one: 30gb 5v - .55a
New one: 80gb 5v - .6a

now im wondering whether that may have be the cause of it

otherwise, what else could be causing the issue? the computer boots ok with the old drive but not the new one.

also the laptop is currently unable to be identified. the only model number on it has been googled a million times over with nothing useful, nor the name of the believed to be/been OEM manufacturer. any ideas?

Model: C600 (not a rebadged dell)
Brand: Taggnote

nux · 11th April 2007, 11:38 PM

50mA shouldnt really cause a problem if that is peak current usage. I cant remember if 2.5" laptop drives have a Master/Slave jumper, if so make sure its set right.
Otherwise it may not support drives that large.

11th April 2007, 11:35 PM	#1
<atomic_trojan> Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 342	Issues with unidentified laptop My mate came to me with his laptop which he had bought off ebay a few years back. He originally told me it was running slowly, so i dft'd the drive and it came up with errors (corrupted sectors) he wanted a fresh load so i just installed the new drive. problem is that during boot it hangs when it gets to "autodetecting ide devices". i have searched google and it appears that it MAY be a power issue. i then questioned the power usage of both hdd's. Old one: 30gb 5v - .55a New one: 80gb 5v - .6a now im wondering whether that may have be the cause of it otherwise, what else could be causing the issue? the computer boots ok with the old drive but not the new one. also the laptop is currently unable to be identified. the only model number on it has been googled a million times over with nothing useful, nor the name of the believed to be/been OEM manufacturer. any ideas? Model: C600 (not a rebadged dell) Brand: Taggnote

11th April 2007, 11:38 PM	#2
nux Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 16,801	50mA shouldnt really cause a problem if that is peak current usage. I cant remember if 2.5" laptop drives have a Master/Slave jumper, if so make sure its set right. Otherwise it may not support drives that large.