Re: A7N8X and Promise FastTrak TX4310 - Hangs after POST !?!??!

I don't whether it is the same for your card , but my promise ultra 66
refuses to boot 80GB western digital HD if the jumper is master. i have
to set it to single in order to boot.
damc4 wrote:
Hi,

I just tried to install the Promise Fasttrak TX4310 Raid Controller on
the A7N8X board with a RAID1 HDD system and run into problems.

When I connect the HDDs to the Promise Controller the Bios stopped
booting after POST.

Without HDDs on the Promise Controller, but still the Promise
controller plugs into the PCI slot, the Bios boots fine from the
primary master IDE-HDD, as it should be.

When I connect the HDDs to the Promise controller during Windows XP is
booting I can
access the HDDs within Windows without problems ....

So for me it looks like that the Bios wants (probably) boot from the
Promise controller and hangs there... but I have no idea what the cause
is ..

Any help or ideas whould be really appreciated.


Best Regards,

damc4

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