Didn't they use to call that forcing a drive into
"dos-compatibility mode" or something?
I think there was a reg hack you had to do to reset
things back to normal.
About the paddle card...
Does the BIOS have a setting for "Boot from SCSI"?
(It would be an emulation, and actually use the card and IDE drive.)
I never bothered to boot from one and don't know
if the drivers would then be re-detected in Windows or
if the OS would need repairs/re-install.
Promise had all that info on their WEB site "back then".
I wonder how far back they keep stuff on-line...
Rick Glazier
From: "Bobby Heid"
I have an older p-III system running XP pro where the HDs will not come out
of PIO mode. I have tried all of the various BIOS tweaks, removing the
controller from device manager, etc. This is killing the performance. My
daughter uses this for surfing, email, etc. Nothing major.
Anyway, I think the onboard IDE controller is dying. I have a Promise Ultra
100 TX-2 IDE controller card that I can put into the machine, but I cannot
figure out how to make the PC boot from the new controller. I removed the
HDs from the existing controller and can see the drive in the Promise BIOS
screen at boot-up, but cannot get it to boot. I tried disabling the onboard
controller, but still nothing.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Bobby
