IDE Channels 3 and 4

murdoK

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i ahve the gigabyte GA-SINXP1394 and i ahve 2 hdd and 2 cd rom drives... i dont want to use raid, and i would like to kno how to use the 3rd and 4th channels on the board for my cd roms without any raid setup...
thank
 

elzt

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In main BIOS there should be a menu that allows you to disable the onboard RAID and to set IDE3/4 to function as ATA133.
 

murdoK

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waht is it called? cause i have been looking and cant find anything
in bios that has to do with IDE cahnnel 3 and 4.....
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by murdok on 02/28/03 12:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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You have to disable it under boot devices. It's listed under Other & I have to set it do disable with my board, ASUS, to get it quilt looking for the RAID controller on boot.. Not sure about your board though! I think that it showed another place as well in BIOS. that I disabled also.

If it ain't broke, take it apart & see why not!
 

murdoK

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i got it now.. i had to enable RAID.. go into windows and install all of it.. then reboot and go into the RAID config which was a button u push after bios and say "normal" instead of raid.. then turn off.. and put all my drives where i wanted them.. thanks for all ur guys help though.. and im goin to post a review for this board.