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Re: [LUG] Hardware question

 

>>>  >>> Hi, My motherboard has tweo IDE sockets, I expect like a lot
>>>  >>> of mbs. Problem
>>>  >>> is the secondary IDE slot seems completly useless!. I have
>>>  >>> yet to get any
>>>  >>> device to work through it. It even messes up the 
>>> 
>>> Before chucking it, have a *good* hunt through the bios.
>>> I've seen at least one Award bios that allowed the secondary IDE to be 

>>> disabled entirely, I think somewhere in the advanced or chipset 
submenus. 
>>> 
>>> It would be really unlucky if yours was busted, they're usually pretty 

>>> reliable things. 
>>> 
>>Hi, there is an option to disable the secondary IDE in the BIOS. I have 
>>solved the problem now though. It seems it was just a dodgy cable. I 
should 
>>have probably eliminated this earlier but it was a new cable and I was 
sure 
>>it was OK.....aparently not.
>>Cheers, Jon. 

I had a similar problem with different symptons on a machine this week. 
You timely message prompted me to try swapping the IDE cable and wahey! Up 
and running.

Cheers guys.

Martin

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