IDE Can't Detect Anything

Foxie3a · Apr 5, 2004

Got some unknown motherboard here with an Athlon 800.

No matter what I can not get it to detect anything on the IDE channels.

Cables are OK, Jumpers are OK. Everything is fine. Once I saw it detect a CDrom.

I'm trying to get the HDs to work first.

Any clue? Thanks.

bchur83 · Apr 5, 2004

I would say that it probably has bad IDE channels. Try a PCI IDE/raid card and see if that works.

Foxie3a · Apr 5, 2004

I'm sure it will work, but that won't help me, and I don't even have one so it doesn't matter.

I've had this problem before with another KT133 chipset like board before. Never could solve it, so I am figuring that its just me since I don't build too many older systems. Also, I only play with Intel ones, so what's the difference?

wonkanoby · Apr 5, 2004

what are the drives then

are you using an 80 wire ide lead ,blue end in the board

Steven4563 · Apr 5, 2004

i would try a different h/d ive had this problem with an KT133 board but it was the IDE cables

Foxie3a · Apr 5, 2004

I know the IDE cable works though. It is from his P1 computer that was just working perfectly.

And no, it doesn't have a blue end, but I'm pretty sure its in correctly.. I tried it like this...

|-----------|----|

Mobo-slave-master

Correct?

And I tried rotating them and everything, nothing works.

Foxie3a · Apr 5, 2004

It detected a CDRom once. I have no idea how.

I've tried everything, all jumper combonations...cords are in correctly. Everything is fine. I'm pretty sure that its not fried though.

I even tried my cable from this computer I'm on now and it still wouldn't work.

I also put BIOS to default.

What's IDE Block Mode?

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