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Thanks for the replies. I did confirm that Onboard Dev Config > IT8212F
Contr> Detecting Device Time> =[Quick Mode] but it did not help.
Apparently this ITE Controller only likes harddrives. I do notice that
on first boot screen, I have Primary, Third, & Fourth listed but no
Secondary. Whats up with that? I plan to move the NEC dvd onto the
primary blue IDE cable as "slave" altho I'll have to get a long cable as
optical drives are mounted side-by-side (in htpc case).
Steve, I have the AC Freezer 7 too, & Yes its a great cooler! quiet too.
3.4GHz chip idles around 38 deg C.
Karl
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>>>I set-up this board with latest BIOS v1005. At boot-up, system waits a
>>>very long time at the IT8212 BIOS screen. It sees the NEC ND-3520A dvd-rw
>>>connected to the red primary connector as "master." I have a Sony dw-d26a
>>>connected to blue IDE controller (+ 2 SATA harddrives). System waits about
>>>20 seconds at this detect screen. Is there any way to speed this up?
>>>Changing the IDE time in BIOS has been no help.
>>>Thank you.
>>
>>Curiously, I originally had this problem too. I had my hard drives
>>connected to the primary IDE controller (the blue one) and my Philips
>>DVDRW824 to the ITE8212 (red connector), and it took about this time to
>>"scan" the bus. However, it then (after scanning the SIL3114 bus (empty,
>>in my case)) reported "Third master: ATAPI Incompatible" and wouldn't
>>budge until I'd pressed F1. I had some minor problems with the DVD, so
>>switched them around (I now have the Philips on the Primary, and the two
>>hard drives on the ITE8212 (red connector)). It now takes approx 1 second
>>to scan the bus. However, it STILL reports ATAPI Incompatible on third
>>master, and I still have to press F1 to continue. I've Googled for this,
>>but can't find any hits. Any ideas, anyone?
>>
>>P4 550 (3.4 Ghz), 2x1 Gig Kingston Valueram, 6600GT, Arctic Cooling
>>Freezer 7 - This is a great cooler, by the way.
>>
>>Steve.
>>
>
> Umm - I feel a bit silly on this - but I'm claiming lack of familiarity with
> the AMI BIOS! (I've been dealing with PCs for over twenty years, both
> professionally and at home, and this is the first AMI BIOS I've ever had to
> deal with - not deliberate, just pure chance). Anyway, went back into the
> BIOS, and discovered the third master was set to CDROM. I presume I set it
> that way when I had the Philips on it - the manual does actually say you
> should do this if you are configuring a CDROM, but perhaps a DVDRW is not
> 'seen' the same way? Anyway, set it to Auto, and my 'ATAPI Incompatible'
> problem has now gone.
> As far as the delay is concerned, while I agree with Norman that Onboard
> Devices Configuration > ITE8212F Controller > Detecting Device Time should
> be set to Quick Mode, this is in any event the default; given my original
> experience, could it be that this delay will happen if there's only an ATAPI
> device there? My delay vanished when I put my hard drives on it.
>
> Steve.
>
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