I installed the mobo and new processor no problem. MB has power, PC speaker has sound, got into BIOS and Windows.

My IDE devices are being jerk-offs. My original setup was like this IDE1 - Primary: Quantum Fireball 13.6g Secondary: ZIP100 IDE. IDE2 - Primary: Asus CD-ROM Secondary: HP CD-R.

I've used this setup for over a year on my old Abit BX6rev2 with no problem. My new ST6-RAID doesn't like it. If I have all the devices connected as I described, at power on the computer will do nothing but a delayed beep. If I cancel out my ZIP drive, the BIOS reads everything else, but here's the kicker...

At the POST screen, the BIOS reads 3 devices, a HD and 2 CD's. At the next screen that shows system info (IRQ, DMAs, Processor Speed, Avail. Memory, IDE devices, etc., the screen right before the Win98 boot screen) all it reads is the HD and one CD-ROM, the Asus on the primary. Weird? No way.. The weird part is that Win98 only sees the Hard drive and nothing else, not even the Asus. Here's the best part though. If I boot the computer with a 98 boot disk, I can see and communicate with all 3 drives (keep in my the ZIP isn't connected anymore).

At the initial POST BIOS screen, all devices are listed. HD as Primary Master, Zip as Primary Slave, Asus CD as Secondary Master, HP CD as Secondary Slave.

Other than that, it's probably a device IRQ problem. Is the RAID controller disabled? I could see that causing a problem. I bet that if you check the properties of the c drive in windows. . . it'll be at least 100MB bigger than it should be.

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

But if it's the wire count you're talking about, 40 wire is ATA33, not 66 or 100. 80 wire is ATA66 and 100. If you ask me, the ones with 80 wires are extremely wankable but unfortunately, the wires of an ATA66/100 cable are easier to break when twisting them up (to increase airflow efficiency)

GFKiller, this is probably a stupid question, but are you sure your jumpers are set up correctly on all the drive? Some motherboards can work through that by forcing cable-select, but some others cannot.

I can never wank for the entire WEEK when I endure one of those days you just went through, GFK; the withdrawal pains are almost bad enough to make me use viagra

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I'm one of those types that perfer buying the full package than an upgrade, but I think a $100 more is ridiculous. Not to mention $99 for an upgrade is ridiculous too.

Professional Level Approaching 2.1

I'm probably just gonna buy pre-rounded cables. Splitting my 80pin hdd cables is impossible...and they block my two intake fans in the front..so what's $20? Yeah, that's $20 CDN..

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”