Well I can tell you this. If my power cored was not plugged in, then I would not of been able to turn on my computer to be able to get the message in the first place. I can also tell you that it has nothing to do with any cables at all.


OK, so before I tell you, I NEED you to understand that I never use this drive at all. So it was the last thing I would of even thought of. So the problem was there was a floppy disc in the drive. As I said I never use it. Only reason there was a disc in it was because I found an old one and wanted to see what was on it, then I forgot all about. OK, now see why I was embarrassed?

Probably either the IDE cable or the power cable wasn't plugged in. It happens all the time. You get working on the innards of the machine and you forget to plug something back in when you go to power-on again.