BIOS help

clappy · 09-03-2005, 02:01 AM

BIOS on my asus P4S800-MX does not recognize my secondary IDE. what can i do?

**The_Other_One** · 09-03-2005, 02:33 AM

Have you tried messing with the harddrive jumpers? Tried other IDE connections?

clappy · 09-03-2005, 02:48 AM

which ever device is in the primary, bios will recognize but it won't recognize the secondary. i've switch them around and use different cables but still don't work? i don't know what to do

Supremo · 09-03-2005, 03:41 AM

Is the secondary IDE enabled In BIOS? From the way you posted, it seems to be disabled.

clappy · 09-03-2005, 04:13 AM

i set it on auto, when i tried to manually imput the device, it still doesn't work

Supremo · 09-03-2005, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clappy

i set it on auto, when i tried to manually imput the device, it still doesn't work

What you said here is the auto detection of the secondary IDE channel. What I meant was enabling the secondary channel.
On ASUS P4S800-MX there is an option to enable or disable the primary or secondary IDE channels - in the BIOS this can be found on the BIOS advance menu, under chip configuration. Make sure that both IDE channels are set to enabled.

clappy · 09-06-2005, 09:45 AM

yeah, both of the IDE channels are set to enabled. i think i've tried every
option in BIOS. do you think i have a defective board?

**Archangel** · 09-06-2005, 04:10 PM

try setting all the IDE devices on Cable Select (CS). and see what it does now

clappy · 09-06-2005, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

try setting all the IDE devices on Cable Select (CS). and see what it does now

OMG!! it worked, i can't believe i watsed so much time on something so simple. THANKS Archangel!!

**Praetor** · 09-18-2005, 06:37 PM

Quote:

which ever device is in the primary, bios will recognize but it won't recognize the secondary. i've switch them around and use different cables but still don't work? i don't know what to do

See post2 .. even if you swap the drive position relative to the cable, you'll need to set the jumpers on the HDD

Quote:

OMG!! it worked, i can't believe i watsed so much time on something so simple. THANKS Archangel!!

Yep: think you had one set as Primary and one set as CS?

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09-03-2005, 02:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
clappy New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 18	which ever device is in the primary, bios will recognize but it won't recognize the secondary. i've switch them around and use different cables but still don't work? i don't know what to do

09-03-2005, 03:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Supremo Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 71	Is the secondary IDE enabled In BIOS? From the way you posted, it seems to be disabled.

09-03-2005, 04:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
clappy New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 18	i set it on auto, when i tried to manually imput the device, it still doesn't work

09-06-2005, 09:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
clappy New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 18	yeah, both of the IDE channels are set to enabled. i think i've tried every option in BIOS. do you think i have a defective board?