** Reply to note from Ed Durrant  Sun, 16
Jul 2006 07:57:43 +1000
>      
> When you added the PCI card to try - did you disable all EIDE
interfaces  on the motherboard via the BIOS CMOS settings ? The PCI Card
> would be  your best option.
>   
> You may also find that the BIOS setup describes how many IDE ports it 
will recognise, so if you install an adapter card (be it PCI or AT
> Bus)  and don't turn off the on-board IDE ports, you may need to tell
the BIOS  to look for two more (ie 4 in total).
>   
> A Y-Cable you are describing will not work as th impedance of the PATA
 connection would be affected and how would the interface know
> to handle  the data ??
>   
> Ed.

Yes bios has settings for ide controller: primary, secondary, both or
disabled.  Was using a Tekram caching controller which has yet to
function correctly with Warp 4.  As this box also developed trouble with
parallel port external drives seems appropriate to retire it from
regular production service.

 	Cal





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