Jshelton31

Hello all

I've finally got the PCI controller card - however, i'm still experiencing rpoblems. The PCI card is a VIA T2641 card, that's also a RAID device apparently and comes with the drivers CD and a red cable). I tried to get the Promise one that was quoted here, but couldn't source it anywhere in Aus for about 3-4 weeks!

I've installed the PCI card, plugged the IDE cable into the card and the hard drives (same configuration as i had before as i knew that was working) but then couldn't get beyond BIOS - everytime i tried it would tell mee that Operating software was not found. BIOS confirmed that there was no hard drives connected to the PC.

So i disconnected the 80GB HDD (slave) and tried with just the 10GB master, which has a fresh install of Win XP. Same problem. So i thought ok - I'll re-plug the IDE cable back to the motherboard. This loaded up windows (as we were back to original setting) and found the hardware without problems - so i then proceeded to install the VIA drivers, which it told me it did successfully. I then went and restarted machine, and that was fine.

So then I turned machine off and then went and plugged everything into the PCI card again - and restarted the machine - and once again - no operating system found. Is there anything that i have done wrong in this case - i've tried removing the hardware and reinstalling it (and tells me that it is the VIA T2641 RAID chip) and installs the software without problems, but when i plug the IDE to the PCI card, it won't work - am i meant to use the red cable that i got to plug into the motherboard or something (which i would've thought was unlikely as the card slots into the motherboard....) or is it a case that i don't have the right drivers??? any help would be appreciated.