I didn't think this was a RAID board, and checking the specs again, it's not. It evidently is like the Soyo SY-6BA+IV that has 4 IDE ports. Highpoint Technologies makes ATA and RAID controllers, and in this case it again is like the Soyo using the HPT366 chip for the 2nd set of IDE controllers. But in either case, the OS will boot from either ATA (Intel or HPT) or RAID with no drivers (no way to install the drivers anyway until the OS is loaded!) and will work OK in the OS with no drivers. You'll just have a yellow ! or ? in the device manager for the HPT controllers. Always check the manufacturer's website for drivers. http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/bp6/ I wouldn't update the BIOS on the HPT controller unless you have problems. You may find this site of additional help/info in the future. http://bp6.com/
I don't know if you've ever used this board before and formatted a HD on it, but you can't hook the HD up to the HPT ports and format it that way because the format utility will not see the HD. Using the format utility built into win2k pro can give you the same problems because when I tried it, the same thing happened; it could not see the HD. If you want to place the HD on the HPT port, it's much quicker to hook the HD up to the PRI ATA port, format it, then hook it up to the HPT port and then install the OS. Don't use the win2k floppy to boot from, use the CDROM and set the BIOS to temporarily boot from the CDROM. It's MUCH faster since the setup has to go through all sorts of drivers to start the setup, and of course a CDROM drive is much faster than loading it off the floppy boot disk. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I do not know if anyone can help but here it is. I have the above mentioned mother board in for reload of windows 2000 pro. This Board comes with 4 IDE Ports for a total of 8 IDE devices. As far as I can tell it is not raid. Any way I need the drivers for the second 4 IDE ports and I can not find them anywhere. Does anyone have a suggestion..rich ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
