Ga-7n400 pro2

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"neil smith" <nsmith79@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, is anyone here running this board with three cd devices? I want to use
> my cdrom, cdrw and my dvdrw but am not sure how to set these up. At the
> moment I have my Harddrive in IDE1(set as master), then my dvdrw in
> IDE2(set
> as master) with my cdrw daisy chained from that as the slave. Then my
> normal
> cdrom in IDE3 (set as master?). But the system will not recognise my third
> cd device. I didnt get any manuals with the board so I just presume I have
> them set up wrong.
> Can anyone tell me the correct way to set all these drive up?
> Thanks
>
>
Trying to run this board without the free,downloadable maunal is not a good
idea.
You will also need the free,downloadable GigaRAID Function users manual.
IDE3 is a GigaRAID connector.
Henny

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 09:56:50 +0100, Heiko Polig <hpolig@gmx.de> wrote:

>neil smith wrote:
>
>>as master) with my cdrw daisy chained from that as the slave. Then my normal
>>cdrom in IDE3 (set as master?). But the system will not recognise my third
>>cd device.
>
>IDE3 is one of the raidchannels, it connot be used with other devices
>then harddisks. You have to connect your cdrom to IDE1 as slave.

Actually, I *WAS ABLE* to get my two optical drives to work on IDE3
and/or 4 EXCEPT for the fact that I could not BOOT BOOTABLE CDs from
them when installed there. Other than that they worked fine.

However, I do agree with you - there is 'no guarantee' that they will
work there (in fact; the rule is to AVOID if at all possible) and he
should IMO install them as you advised.