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darcmarc:
None of my drives are sata, they're all ide.
(about 2 teragig worth)
The bios on both boards has nothing like what you're describing.
That did not work.
Interestingly, when I put any drive on IDE 1 (cds or dvds) they post all
scrambled up and will not work.
I have replaced the ide drives with new ones and still nothing.
I can get them to read on ide 3, but when loading w2k I get an error
message.
This is very frustrating.
I built a system about 6 months ago in 1 day that is just like these ... and
it's running perfectly.
A bit of good news ... New memory sticks (2gb) all read now.
Ranay
"darcmarc" <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
news:7_286221_7c6fa7d99980b12b1e9ed99634a28257@hardwareforumz.com...
> "Ranay" wrote:
> > trainman:
> >
> > I think the BIOS is F9 on both boards.
> > I have had GigaRAID working on one of the systems.
> > Using IDE 3, the hdds were set up as master/slave.
> > The optical drives (dvd-master / cdrw-slave) were on IDE 2.
> > The zip and cdrom were not attached to anything.
> > W2k loaded fine as well as Symantec programs, and a wiper
> > program.
> > It worked that way for about 2 boot ups.
> > I couldn't get it to boot again without an error message.
> >
> > The other system is waiting patiently for 4 new memory sticks
> > and 2 new
> > hdds.
> > I figured I'll get at least one to work by the end of the
> > week.
> > I need to get back to work on some drafting.
> > Then I'll see what I can do about the other.
> >
> > During their heyday and with Abit boards ;-)
> > System 1 was used for graphics and drafting and system 2 for
> > audio/video.
> >
> > Been a bit quite around here for awhile.
> >
> > I'll let you know.
> >
> > Ranay
> >
> >
> >
> > <trainman> wrote in message
> > news:9bj1a1hodi7uafbdh3k9tamhob411us000@4ax.com...
> > > From what the local IT Guru passed on the memory must be
> > identical in
> > > 1-3 and 2-4.
> > >
> > > I have not tried to use all four slots as I just took the
> > easy way and
> > > bought 2 one meg sticks and into 1-3 they went and all was
> > well with
> > > the world.
> > >
> > > As for the HD's there are a couple of things you could try.
> > >
> > > I have my HD's on IDE 3&4 and use 1&2 for the optical's.
> > You must
> > > load the raid driver for this to work.
> > >
> > > Is your bios the newest (I think f11 is the latest)
> > >
> > > Can you format one of them after booting with the windoze CD
> > in order
> > > to install the raid drivers.
> > >
> > > I went for a week after I bought the 3rd optical drive and
> > put it on
> > > ide3 with there it is and where did it go. No rhyme or
> > reason just
> > > sometimes it was there and sometimes it was not. Once I
> > moved all the
> > > optical's to ide1 and ide2 the thing was fine. Where are
> > your
> > > optical's hooked up in the great chain of life.
> > >
> > > I must sympathize with you as the simplest thing that should
> > work will
> > > not.
> > >
> > > Good luck.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:26:17 GMT, "Ranay"
<res0t6bm@verizon.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >trainman:
> > > >
> > > >Yes, through a usb external enclosure.
> > > >They show up as "foreign", but they can be read after
> > I change them to
> > > >basic.
> > > >
> > > >I have a fourth system with the same board.
> > > >A dvd, cdrom, cdrw, zip, 2 hdds, multicard/floppy, 2
> > fan controllers with
> > > >(8) 80mm fans.
> > > >Also (2) 40mm memory fans, 80mm processor fan and a
> > side 120mm fan
> > running
> > > >off the board.
> > > >It is baffling, because this is the system I'm trying
> > to duplicate.
> > > >It went together without a hitch and was up and
> > running in 1 day.
> > > >
> > > >Memory issue:
> > > >
> > > >The system described above has the following memory
> > > >(4) single sided Crucial 512MB PC3200 400 DDR sticks.
> > > >It works flawlessly.
> > > >The issue system has this:
> > > >The manual notes that ds or ss sticks work in the
> > first two slots and
> > only
> > > >ss sticks work in the second two slots.
> > > >I found a couple of double sided Crucial 512s from
> > Newegg
> > > >So I used ds Crucial in the first two slots and ss
> > Crucial in the second
> > two
> > > >slots.
> > > >All are 512s, PC3200 400DDR.
> > > >
> > > >The other issue system has (4) ss Crucial PC3200
> > 400DDR sticks and it
> > reads
> > > >them all.
> > > >
> > > >I'm confused, to say the least
> > > >
> > > >Ranay
> > > >
> > >
>
> Try this:
> In the bios: under intergrated something, turn the SATA controler to
> the option that allows for six IDE devices. then go to Advanced BIOS
> features, and go to Hard Drive boot priority order, and set the one
> with the OS to be number 1 (Make sure it's a Serial ATA drive. Else,
> make sure that windows was installed with a raid controller on it for
> the IDE drives.)
>
> Boot into windows.
>
> Relax for a second, while it detects the new raid controller.
>
> Install the drivers. (It should find them automaticlly, or get them
> from windows update.)
>
> Restart
>
> Enjoy.
>
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