Asus M4A78T-E IDE isn't working

[bob the destroyer]

I have a brand-new Asus M4A78T-E which won't boot if an IDE drive is connected. It POSTs, but hangs at "Asus Express Gate". I don't get any beep codes or any error messages on the screen. I can boot from a SATA drive fine. I've tried 3 different IDE drives.

I can't confirm the IDE drives work in another machine, and they are scavenged from my last computer, which died a sudden death. My only thought is that all three drives are broken. Other than that I'm stumped.

Any ideas?

Setup:
Asus M4A78T-E
BIOS version 1302
Phenom II X4 810

 

[buzznut]

What jumpers if any are set on the drives? and are the ribbon cables set up to slave or master? Is it cable select?
It seems unlikely all 3 drives would fail. Have you tried adding them just one at a time, it sounds like you did.

Could be a setting in bios as well. Perhaps ACPI mode is keeping the other drives from operating. Try legacy IDE mode or if there is a mixed mode perhaps.

 

[buzznut]

Just had another thought.Will the system boot with the SATA and IDE attached or is it just the IDE drives that won't boot? Cause I would expect the latter...

If both the new SATA drive and ide combination won't boot go into bios and auto detect the ide drives. Or turn off express gate. I have a feeling that express gate may be coming along before the post has a chance to recognize the ide drives.

gl

 

[MaDMagik]

+1^

Disconnect ide drive, go to bios and disable express gate, reconnect ide drive and try again.