Biostar m7viw secundary ide problem

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Guerreiro

Discussion Starter · Aug 25, 2003

hello all...

Ok, this is my question:

I´v bought a new motherboard (Biostar m7viw) ans a 1700+ AMD processor...

The problem is that the motherboard doesn´t recognize the cd-rom and cd-rw in the secondary ide.. i´v correctly set the cd-rom to master and the cdrw to slave(i think it´s the correct way to do it....) but still doesn´t recognize them...
i´v tried the cd rom and cd rw in the primary ide and they work just fine... so i think the problem it´s on the secundary ide...

Any help oin this... should i change something in the motherboard or in the bios?

txs for any help on this...

(sorry for my bad english)

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johnwill

· #2 · Aug 26, 2003

First off, check to see if the secondary IDE is enabled in the BIOS. Next, try the devices one-at-a-time, connected to the end connector of the cable. If that works, are they both set to CS (Cable Select) and thus stepping on each other?

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Guerreiro

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 26, 2003

Tried that and... when i connect the cd rom drive and the cdrw drive to trh primary ide it works fine... seems that the problem is in the secundary ide ... doesn´´t recognize a thing...
i´m lost on this ... mb problem? Settings... help me!
Txs

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johnwill

· #4 · Aug 26, 2003

Did you check the BIOS settings to see if the secondary IDE is enabled?

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Guerreiro

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 26, 2003

yep... i did...
one think that i´v just remembered now it´s that its ATA133, my ide connector cables is blue and yellow... a friend told me that the blue cable is ATA100 and the yellow cable is ATA133... do u think i need to get a ATA133 cable(yellow) to get things working?
Honestly... if this doesn´t work i will simply buy a PCI to IDE device and get things solved...

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· #6 · Aug 26, 2003 (Edited)

From what I understand any 80 conductor IDE Cable will work for ATA66, ATA100 and ATA133..................

Just make sure the blue end is on the motherboard. Or that the last of the two ends that are close together go on the hard drive.

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