IT WAS WORKING AND NOW IT DOESN'T WANT TO POWER BACK ON
SOURCE: I plugged in the wrong
If you've blown the DC/DC converter in the unit, the easiest way to get to the files is open up the unit and remove the hard disk inside and mount it into a PC - it's just a standard drive!
SOURCE: I HAVE MY MASTER 160Gb
During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Master/Slave designation is determined by jumpers on IDE drives. Most drives have adequate markings on them to identify these jumper positions. If not marked clearly, you will need the manufacturer's data to determine that designation.
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
(note after you have loaded the operating system you must go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)
The BIOS is AMI. Under ADVANCED SETUP:
The options listed for 1st,2nd ,3rd Boot device include:
IDE-0 means Pri master
IDE-1 means Pri slave
IDE-2 means Sec master
IDE-3 means Sec slave
If you are curious about a working system just power-up in set-up mode (usually by depressing (f1-or-f2) during boot-up sequence, your system-bios will display this information for you.
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