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I would appreciate any help in solving my problem. I have a new pc with an
IC7-G mobo and 3.0gig CPU. It has been running well until today, when I made
some changes to the hardware.
I did have a single SATA HDD connected to the SATA-2 connector, a CD-RW drive
connected to the SATA-1 connector and one IDE HDD.
What I did was to switch the SATA connections and add another 3 drives so I
now have:
1 SATA HDD connected to SATA-1
1 CD-RW connected to SATA-2
2 HDD connected to IDE-1 as Master and Slave
2 HDD connected to IDE-2 as Master and Slave.
When I started my system, which is running Windows-XP, I found that all HDD
were shown but the CD-RW drive was not displayed. I confirmed that the CD-RW
was recognised when booting.
Upon checking further in Windows' Device Manager, I found the item "SM Bus
Controller" with a question mark next to it. I tried using Windows' wizard to
look for drivers in the floppy that came with the mobo, but it didn't find
anything suitable. I couldn't do the same with Abit's CD, nor with the WinXP
CD, as the CD-RW drive is not recognised by windows.
Later, I went into the Integrated Peripherals section of BIOS and changed the
OnChip Serial ATA item to Enhanced (from Auto). The manual says that this will
enable support for 6 IDE drives. Maybe I should have done this earlier but I
don't feel this was the cause of my problem.
One more thing - I didn't have any problems when I first installed WinXP into
the empty SATA drive. All went well and I've been running the setup for about
a week now. The problem with the "SM Bus Controller" only arose when I added
and made changes to the hardware as described above.
Any ideas for a solution, anyone. I can still operate my system, albeit
without the CR-RW drive, but I'd like to set things right as soon as I can.
I'd be grateful for your help. Thanks.
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Harry Oehlers
oehlers@singnet.com.sg
I would appreciate any help in solving my problem. I have a new pc with an
IC7-G mobo and 3.0gig CPU. It has been running well until today, when I made
some changes to the hardware.
I did have a single SATA HDD connected to the SATA-2 connector, a CD-RW drive
connected to the SATA-1 connector and one IDE HDD.
What I did was to switch the SATA connections and add another 3 drives so I
now have:
1 SATA HDD connected to SATA-1
1 CD-RW connected to SATA-2
2 HDD connected to IDE-1 as Master and Slave
2 HDD connected to IDE-2 as Master and Slave.
When I started my system, which is running Windows-XP, I found that all HDD
were shown but the CD-RW drive was not displayed. I confirmed that the CD-RW
was recognised when booting.
Upon checking further in Windows' Device Manager, I found the item "SM Bus
Controller" with a question mark next to it. I tried using Windows' wizard to
look for drivers in the floppy that came with the mobo, but it didn't find
anything suitable. I couldn't do the same with Abit's CD, nor with the WinXP
CD, as the CD-RW drive is not recognised by windows.
Later, I went into the Integrated Peripherals section of BIOS and changed the
OnChip Serial ATA item to Enhanced (from Auto). The manual says that this will
enable support for 6 IDE drives. Maybe I should have done this earlier but I
don't feel this was the cause of my problem.
One more thing - I didn't have any problems when I first installed WinXP into
the empty SATA drive. All went well and I've been running the setup for about
a week now. The problem with the "SM Bus Controller" only arose when I added
and made changes to the hardware as described above.
Any ideas for a solution, anyone. I can still operate my system, albeit
without the CR-RW drive, but I'd like to set things right as soon as I can.
I'd be grateful for your help. Thanks.
--
Harry Oehlers
oehlers@singnet.com.sg