Andre Nancoz wrote:
> ** Reply to message from rallee2{at}comcast.net on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:56:54 +0000
> 
>> There has to be another page separate from the one that displays
>> "none,auto,manual" for *drives*.  The one you want is
for *chipset* and
>> specifically the ide controller itself.  Some bioses have as many as 3
>> different locations, main headers or pages, not just lines.
> 
> Their are several tabs across the top of the main menu, I have gone thru all of
> them 'advanced' 'boot', 'power'.. The options for Translation method, SMART,
> PIO Mode, Ultra dma mode, Multi-sector transfer only appear when 'user type
> HDD' is selected instead of 'auto' on the main menu IDE selection. I've tried
> the  'user type' with translation method without success.
> 
> As Mike O'Conner pointed out,  iRQ 14 is not being assigned to the IDE channel
> and I'm thinking that is the root of the problem. I checked to make sure
> Plug'n'Play is turned off as he suggested and it was.
> 

I apologise if this has been 'done to death', but are you absolutely 
certain that the IDE interfaces are enabled in the bios? On the 
'Advanced' screen there is an entry 'Onboard PCI IDE enable' - you will 
have to scroll down to see it. When, many years ago, I had an all-SCSI 
system I had the onboard IDE interfaces disabled so that I could use 
their IRQs for other peripherals. Unless you've explicitly changed the 
IRQ assignments elsewhere I can think of no reason why the bios wouldn't 
assign them to the IDE interfaces - unless something's broken, of course.

Also, the manual Mike uploaded refers to additional Promise IDE 
interfaces - does your board have these?

Regards

Sid Gale


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