> > > Hi sorry but I am totally lost, please hold my hand on this one :-) > > Ok I have the following connected > > PRIM IDE1 - none > SEC IDE1 - none > PRIM IDE2 - DVD RW > SEC IDE2 - none > > Then just left of the floppy connector I have 2 serial ata connectors, SEC > on top and PRIM just below it called SATA1 SATA2 > > Then below that I have 2 RAID serial ata connectors, called PRI_SATA and > SEC_SATA, next to eack other, sec to left > > I have connected my sata hd to both SATA1 and PRI_SATA with same result, I > have played with the bios settings, but am not sure what you mean by disable > Promise RAID and set to IDE, I think I know how to disable the onboard > Promise controller but how do I set it (what is "it") to IDE > I have connected my two SATA drives to PRI_SATA and SEC_SATA and have the following settings in my bios: Advanced menu/OnChip SATA BOOTROM disabled Advanced menu/OnBoard Promise Controller enabled Advanced menu/OnBoard Promise Controller/Operating mode Onboard IDE operate mode Karsten -- Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> GPG 1024D/70ABD02C Fingerprint D2D4 3B6B 2DE4 464C A432 210A DFF8 A140 70AB D02C Red Hat Deutschland, Hauptstaetter Str.58 70178 Stuttgart, Tel.+49-711-96437-0, Fax +49-711-96437-111
