[Solved] ATA Error: -1

[DustyTill]

Hello everybody, i'm French, so I want to apologize for my poor English before starting this topic. So I have bought a new 240 Gb HDD and connected it with a Zif converter on my Cowon X5L, but this message appears : ATA Error: - 1. What does it means. Is there any way to fix it ? Thanks.

[DustyTill]

Please help meeeee !!!  :'(
Post Merge: March 24, 2012, 06:23:57 AMIs there anybody who knows how to upagrade a Cowon X5L with a 240 HDD ?

[DustyTill]

Nobody ?

[gevaerts]

I don't know exactly what -1 means, but I suspect it fails very early (error values tend to increase further in the sequence in the ATA driver). Are you sure all cables are connected properly?

[DustyTill]

Yes, because it works if I plug my old HDD. I just don't know how to change a HDD, and I see that a lot of people has done that.

[gevaerts]

I don't see how your old HD (which doesn't have the ZIF adapter) or the fact that other people have managed this prove that you connected the ZIF cable properly.

[DustyTill]

How do I know if I have connected it correctly ? It seems alright.

[gevaerts]

For starters, check if you haven't put the cable in upside down.

[DustyTill]

I made it like in the first post : http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=24257.0

[bluebrother]

What error number do you get if you start the player without the HDD connected? If it's -1 as well I'd say there's a good chance that something with the connection is the problem.

[DustyTill]

I get actually -1 without the HDD. Maybe the zif connector ? I bought it new.
Post Merge: March 28, 2012, 01:10:04 PMDo I have to buy another one ?

[DustyTill]

Please help me, I can't do anything in my own for this, and I search solutions since 9 days, but I don't find.

[DustyTill]

UP

[DustyTill]

UP

[torne]

Don't do that.

It's likely a connection issue, as you have already been told. There's not much more anyone can say.