On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 19:43, Lorne wrote: > On Monday 16 December 2002 03:34 pm, Joe Braddock wrote: > > Is it possible that the size is too large for your bios? Most of the large > > WD drives come with floppy to install ez-bios or something like that on the > > drive to overwrite the system's drive table. Problem is, if you're booting > > from CD-ROM, the system never get's the chance to read the new drive table > > from the hard drive. If you think that may be the problem, the solution > > I've used is to first boot from the hard drive and once the new drive table > > loads, reboot (without powering off) and put the CD in. The system usually > > doesn't clear out the new drive table. > > > > Joeb > > No, I don't think so. It is a brand new motherboard. however... it DID come > with a special ide controller card. Seems that WD drives are junk based on > another thread. :( > >
Do you know the make of the special IDE controller card? Also, besides the card is there an on-board IDE? If you are using the card, is the on-board IDE disabled? Finally, if you are using the card, what happens if you remove it and use the on-board ide (or vice versa if you are using the on-board)? Joeb >
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