One problem. If I attach other hard drives to IDE 3 and 4 they are not seen. That is why I need the drivers..rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: ABIT BP6 Mother board
> 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 =====================================================
