Just a thought, what OS are you using with the Due 2300 to format the drive? I remember making it happen with 8.6 I believe. Is it possible that the drive software was geared for SCSI but not to recognize IDE at the time? . . Doctor Clu (member of...) )\,,/ THE PRISON BOARD BBS 972-329-0781 / telnet://rdfig.net /(- _O) Fido/Dovenet Messages, Games, chat, newsgroup & Mail ( \____ ) /|\ ATARI Computer BBS list (X at main menu then A)