1 SATA and 4 IDE drives?

[jodel]

Hello,

I have 1 SATA HD and 4 IDE Drives (1 HD, 1 CD, 1 CDRW and a DVD)
It seems to be impossible to use them all. When i use the SATA HD and the primary IDE (HD and CD) there is no problem.
BUT whet i connect the secondary IDE the PC will not start up and it sounds an alarm.

What can be causing this problem?

Please help,

Jodel

ABIT NF7-Srev 2.0
XP1700+ @ 2195 (190x11,5)
NANYA PC2700 333 @ 380
ASUS V7700 GF 2 GTS
MAXTOR 120 GB DiamondMax +9 SATA 8MB
WD Caviar 40GB
350W PSU
Tt DragonOrb 3
3 Casefans

 

[Crashman]

Uh, you're doing something wrong. Use the SATA controller for your SATA drive, and put the other devices as Master/Slave primary, Master/Slave secondary, on the other IDE controller (not the SATA controller).

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[jodel]

Thanks, for the advice but I was using that setup.
I have the SATA on the primary SATA connector and the other devices as master/slave 1 and master/slave 2 on the IDE connectors.
Windows is installed on my sata drive the other devices are for storage and other programs.

Concidering the parts of my computer as a whole (overclocked and a lot of devices) could it be the PSU?
It is a no name 350 Watt without an extra 4 pin connector for the power to the MOBO.

When I use only the SATA hd, the IDE hd and one cdrom device I somtetimes get a hi-lo-hi-lo alarm at the startup of windows. (not from the start of the boot) see post in http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=550990#550990


ABIT NF7-Srev 2.0
XP1700+ @ 2195 (190x11,5)
NANYA PC2700 333 @ 380
ASUS V7700 GF 2 GTS
MAXTOR 120 GB DiamondMax +9 SATA 8MB
WD Caviar 40GB
350W PSU
Tt DragonOrb 3
3 Casefans

 

[Crashman]

Yes, it could be a power supply problem.

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[jodel]

The purchase and installation of an ANTEC True Power 430 PSU fixed this error.
I am almost happy now.
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ABIT NF7-Srev 2.0
XP1700+ @ 2195 (190x11,5)
NANYA PC2700 333 @ 380
ASUS V7700 GF 2 GTS
MAXTOR 120 GB DiamondMax +9 SATA 8MB
WD Caviar 40GB
Antec TP430
Tt DragonOrb 3
3 Casefans