Re: My new A8N-SLI Premium: IDE detection problems, DMA failure. Hardware fault?

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:26:55 -0500, Chris Metzler
<cmetzler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:16:28 +0000, John Lewis wrote:
>>
>>
>> Simplify. Take ALL drives off. Jumper one of your WD as master-only
>> ( remove all links!). Connect to IDE Controller Port 1. Boot and
>> check recognition in BIOS. If timely and OK, work on from there,
>> paying very careful attention to the correct jumper positions, as per
>> the WD jumper information . When confused, do NOT use cable select.
>> Positively allocate the drives with the jumpers. BTW, the DVD-Rom
>> should never be master on Controller 1. Best as master on controller
>> port 2 with no hard disk on that port. You are using an 80-wire cable
>> on the IDE drives and plugging the blue connector into the MB ??
>
>Hi. Thanks for your reply. As noted in another post, the problem
>ended up being between keyboard and chair -- the drive that was by
>itself on the second channel should have been jumperless, rather than
>jumpered "master".
>
>I'm curious about your comment about it not being good for the DVD-ROM
>to be master on the first channel. Why is that a bad idea? I know
>it throttles down the speed of any HD on the same channel; is there
>some other effect if it's on the first channel? (I can't get away with
>giving it its own channel -- with no slave -- right now, as I have
>drives I need to attach to this new system and so I need that slave
>port)
>

Why not put it as slave on the secondary port ? Its a pretty slow
device and that is where it do least damage in pulling the system
down speed down. Get a longer cable if there is a distance problem.
Always put your system drive as master on the primary port.

John Lewis

John Lewis
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