On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 12:48 -0500, Emory Smith wrote:
> It seems that the on-board parport just didn't have the "right stuff" but
> the PCI one did.

Two possibilities come to mind:

1. The on-board port pins don't swing up to 5 volts, and your drives
require it.

2. The on-board port pins can't sink (or source) enough current to
drive the input pins of your drives (a pretty common problem).

Thanks,
Matt



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