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In article <MPG.1b1af8831f20d949896de@netnews.comcast.net>, wheel
<wheel@wheel.not> wrote:
> Hi, thanks
>
> It's in enhanced mode; the bios note about that is that I should be
> using enhanced for winxp.
>
> I guess this is a rare circumstance?
>
There is a history of problems of this type with the AMI
BIOS. Plenty of "my drive moved" in the boot order. So this
isn't out of the ordinary. Taking a look at the comments in
the download field for the BIOS files (the "More" button),
1015 is the last BIOS that had a fix for a boot issue.
I would have thought that in Enhanced mode, the SATA would be
in a different "group" than the IDE drives. In Compatible
mode, there would be more room for confusion between the two
types, because SATA are coerced to look like IDE devices.
You could take a look on Abxzone.com (I tried for an hour),
but there is too much stuff to slog through. The search engine
won't identify matching posts down to the post level, and instead
gives you matching threads. A 1000+ post thread takes a long
time to read.
Paul
>
>
> In article <nospam-2305042010200001@192.168.1.177>, nospam@needed.com
> says...
> > In article <MPG.1b1ad81fe6dff9859896dd@netnews.comcast.net>, wheel
> > <wheel@wheel.not> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi and thanks for responding
> > >
> > > Like I said in the original post "In the bios I can reset so that the
> > > SATA is the first boot disk, but that gets lost the next time the IDE is
> > > reintroduced to the configuration."
> > >
> > > The entire issue is that the SATA disk gets demoted whenever a new IDE
> > > disk is introduced.
> > >
> > > In the bios screen, the very first page lists IDE master/slave for 4 IDE
> > > sets. The sata is listed as Master IDE 3...however the first Master IDE
> > > listed there is the IDE that does not take over boot duties, because I
> > > don't take it out of the system. So, I have to conclude that this first
> > > page of the bios info isn't all that relevant.
> > >
> > > The boot page of the bios seems to be the controlling factor. But, the
> > > SATA disk always falls off of the first boot position when the other IDE
> > > is plugged back into the system.
> >
> > Could this be related to [Compatible] versus [Enhanced] mode
> > for the "Onboard IDE Operate Mode" ? In Enhanced mode, all drives
> > are bridged off PCI (or the hardware makes it look that way),
> > whereas in Compatible mode, a SATA drive is made to appear as if
> > it is sitting on one of the PATA cables. Maybe the demotion
> > is due to the use of compatible mode or something ?
> >
> > Just a guess,
> > Paul
> >
> > >
> > > In article <9qbsc.284$2V2.83@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net>, dr.tester
> > > [nospam]@ntlworldnospam.com says...
> > > > What are your boot priorities in the bios, you should put SCSI as
the first
> > > > device to boot from.
> > > >
> > > > Dom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "wheel" <wheel@wheel.not> wrote in message
> > > > news:MPG.1b1acafc7e683a2b9896dc@netnews.comcast.net...
> > > > > The mainboard is an P4P800 Deluxe, and normally it boots from a
WD 36gb
> > > > > SATA hdd. I have two other hard disks, both IDE, modern drives, one of
> > > > > which is in a removable drive cage. Every time I change the IDE in or
> > > > > out, it jumbles the boot disk order; when in, the IDE removable takes
> > > > > over boot duty. In the bios I can reset so that the SATA is the first
> > > > > boot disk, but that gets lost the next time the IDE is reintroduced to
> > > > > the configuration. I have all of the IDE devices set to cable select;
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