i wanted to add another hard drive to my computer (200 gb hard drive being added) so i tried to install it, after i did that i tried and start up my computer but all i would get is a black screen (the little light beside the monitor button would flash orange) so i took the drive out and tried again and the same thing happen. does anyone know what the problrm might be and how i might be able to fix it?

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How are you connecting the drive? if its on 1 cable (for both drives) make sure the jumper settings on the drives are set to master and slave

Check your BIOS settings too.

Also check the IDE cable connected and master / slave options...

i think its my video card anyways thanks for your replys

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