Bios doesnt recognize my hdd and cd drive

FloW · Post by **FloW** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:51 pm

i bought a bp6 with 2 533mhz celerons. so now i have an 120gb wd hd an master and a cd drive on slave both on ide3 (udma66), but they werent recognize from the bios. i need help , wanna install gentoo today.

Post by **Derek** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:51 pm

The first thing you'll want to do is move the CD-ROM drive to the regular IDE controller (IDE1 or 2). Second, you'll want to move your HDD to the regular IDE controller

Which BIOS version are you running?

When I bought a new hard drive for my BP6 I picked up a Promise ATA133 card to go along with it… You really can feel the difference in speed.

FloW · Post by **FloW** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:04 pm

i think i have the latest RU , said the seller. i dont think i have an old 40 pin cable .

. why doesnt ide3 work? which card should i buy?

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:52 pm

I have a Promise TX2-ATA100 PCI card in my BP6. Agree with Derek: fast IDE cards are a great upgrade for this motherboard!

Some variants (the hacked ones) of the RU BIOS do not support IDEs 3 & 4. You may have one of those.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 12:56 am

Whats the status of your system. Still trying the HPT366, or did you get the Promise?