prctr Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 OK, folks (powerless, are you out there?I have an Asus C-800-E deluxe main board, 2.66GB CPU, with 2 - 160GB Serial ATA HDDs, both of which are partitioned in half, to create four 80GB HDDs. Note that these are not configured as a normal RAID - just two drives "stacked" as I call it. Doubtless there is another term. (Two drives? LOL).For some odd reason (maybe because I thought data transfer would be easier than over the network), I decided to install a regular ATA HDD; I installed a PCI controller card, since I used the primary and secondaries on the MB for various optical drives. I set the drive as a master and plugged it in.The machine flat out refused to boot (well, it started but then went to a grey screen with a blinking cursor upper left screen). I had installed the software for the controller card, but still no boot. The IDE HDD was from another machine (a Win2k OS) but I wanted the data from it - I would have thought that it would be compatible. :angry: In the BIOS, the S-ATA drives were showing, but the the new HDD was not, nor did I see anything regarding the controller card come up during boot-up. / fiddling around with the boot sequence is about all I know how to do in the BIOS area.By The Way: What is the difference between boot-up and P.O.S.T - power on something test?Removing the offending HDD and IDE card restored things to normal, but it sure would be nice to get that card and drive up and running (Everyone can use more HDD space, right?) :blink: I have obviously missed a step somewhere - any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewhite2 Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 On my ASUS A7V8N board with a SATA C drive I have to set the BIOS to boot from SCSI or it tries to boot from the IDE drives and of course can't find an operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prctr Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Thanks, stevewhite2 - if I don't have SCSI stuff, though - what boot device should I select? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewhite2 Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 The BIOS on my motherboard treats SATA as a SCSI device so I select first boot device to be Floppy then second device SCSI and third CD, however if your BIOS does not give this option I'm not sure what you can do apart from trying all the boot sequence options and seeing if one works.Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewhite2 Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Sorry, I should also have said that when I have no IDE devices on board the computer boots OK from the SATA even when the second boot devive is IDE, it's only when I have a mixture of SATA (BOOT Drive)and IDE (Second drive) that problems occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intratech Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 You need to set the BIOS to use both S-ATA and P-ATA drives mate... I think it's enhanced mode and then you can select S-ATA + P-ATA to run both types of interface, you can find it under IDE Configuration in the BIOS menu. I have no problem running S-ATA raid and P-ATA raid on the P4C800-E Dlx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prctr Posted June 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Thanks much to the both of you - this is my weekend project. I just get leery of digging around in the BIOS due to my experience level. I appreictate you being out there. :shifty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 I would just like to stick my little bit in here :D prctr, as you are already using the onboard primary and secondary ide's, plus two sata drives, plus a floppy, plus a graphics card (I count at least 4 ide devices plus the 2 sata's plus the other bits and bobs), is it possible that you do not have enough wattage from your power supply to run a 5th ide device? Especially as you will also need to run the adaptor card as well?Just a thought. Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prctr Posted June 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Hmmmmm - I think the PS is over 400 - like 420 or 450, but that is a thought. Mainly, I think it is that the setup I've tried is wrong, and the board isn't reading the controler card or new drive. But the idea that it is a SCSI device gives me a lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 just a suggestion , the bios usually gives IDE drives preference over SATA drives so try this (may work , may not work lol) so go to the tab that says 'boot' and the 2nd option should be 'Hard drives' click enter and you should see 1st drive,2nd drive and so on. see if you can set the sata drive (with xp installed) as the 1st drive and then save your changes and reboot. try intratechs solution as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prctr Posted June 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Thanks, guys: Prince of C, Mr. Mouse, intratech - I'm going to remove the adapter card and the ATA drives, and see if I can just get the thing to recognize the adapter. So far, it's not reading anything but the SATA drives, no matter what I do to the BIOS. When in doubt, tear it all out. I am just not a troubleshooter. Who needs more than 320GB of HDD space, anyway?Actually, I have a removable HDD tray that I WOULD like to employ the adapter card for, but I also think Mr. Mouse may be right about it being a low-power issue, too. Compound errors, so to speak.I'll post back after I start from scratch - maybe a bolt of lightening will hit and it will all miraculously work perfectly. Nahhhhhh.Thanks for all the suggestions - they are much appreciated, and tips like these have saved my hide a number of times. I'll try to make this one of the RESOLVED threads! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 P.O.S.T. is Power on Self TestYou asked, and no one answered. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prctr Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 I uninstalled the drive + adapter card. For the thirteenth time.Upon reinstallation the machine "took" the new ATA drive !!!I was sore amazed. :P No idea what was different, although I was certain to load the drivers and BIOS (?) for the controller card BEFORE I installed it.Thanks to all who posted - sorry for the delay. :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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