I installed a new controller card and added a second hard
drive.

The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A drive,
but I get once chance with the CD burner.

Did I do something wrong ?

Why did you have to install a controller card...?
Did you jumper the new drive..?

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:201e01c47cac$34bc95d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed a new controller card and added a second hard
> drive.
>
> The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
> accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
> session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A drive,
> but I get once chance with the CD burner.
>
> Did I do something wrong ?

Most motherboards have two IDE channels to which you can attach four IDE
devices. Why the new controller card?

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:201e01c47cac$34bc95d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed a new controller card and added a second hard
> drive.
>
> The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
> accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
> session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A drive,
> but I get once chance with the CD burner.
>
> Did I do something wrong ?

Hi -

Jumper settings are correct. I needed the new controller
card because of the number of devices..........2 HD's,
CDR-W, DVD,Zip Drive and of course the floppy.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


>-----Original Message-----
>Why did you have to install a controller card...?
>Did you jumper the new drive..?
>
>"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:201e01c47cac$34bc95d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I installed a new controller card and added a second
hard
>> drive.
>>
>> The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
>> accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
>> session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A
drive,
>> but I get once chance with the CD burner.
>>
>> Did I do something wrong ?
>
>
>.
>

I needed the new controller card because of the number of
devices..........2 HD's, CDR-W, DVD,Zip Drive and of
course the floppy.

Any suggestions would be appreciated !

>-----Original Message-----
>Most motherboards have two IDE channels to which you can
attach four IDE
>devices. Why the new controller card?
>
>"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:201e01c47cac$34bc95d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I installed a new controller card and added a second
hard
>> drive.
>>
>> The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
>> accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
>> session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A
drive,
>> but I get once chance with the CD burner.
>>
>> Did I do something wrong ?
>
>
>.
>

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:27:02 -0700, "Dan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi -
>
>Jumper settings are correct. I needed the new controller
>card because of the number of devices..........2 HD's,
>CDR-W, DVD,Zip Drive and of course the floppy.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.

We need the controller used, the jumper setting, and the position on
the controller for each drive.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.

I would try the controller in a different slot.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:201e01c47cac$34bc95d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed a new controller card and added a second hard
> drive.
>
> The 2 hard drives seem OK, however, my A drive is not
> accessible, and, my cd burner only reads once per
> session. If I reboot, I still can't access the A drive,
> but I get once chance with the CD burner.
>
> Did I do something wrong ?

Hi Trent -

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

It's an SIIG Ultra ATA133 controller card.

I've tried many different configurations to try to
resolve this. The current configuration is: The two
HD's (C & D - both Seagate) coming off the controler
card's first slot and the CDR-W (Sony - I've already
exhanged it to rule out a CDRW malfunction) coming off
the second slot of the controller card. The C HD is set
to master and everything else is set to Cable Select. Of
course the floppy is connected directly to the floppy
controller. I have temporarily disconnect the DVD and
the Zip to attempt to isolate the cause.

When I reboot, the CDR-W reads the CD ONCE. If open the
CDR-W and re-close it, it says the CD is blank.

I'll try any other configuration you suggest and I
appreciate any suggestions as this is driving me nuts !










>-----Original Message-----
>On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:27:02 -0700, "Dan"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi -
>>
>>Jumper settings are correct. I needed the new
controller
>>card because of the number of devices..........2 HD's,
>>CDR-W, DVD,Zip Drive and of course the floppy.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>We need the controller used, the jumper setting, and the
position on
>the controller for each drive.
>
>
>Have a nice week...
>
>Trent
>
>What do you call a smart blonde?
>A golden retriever.
>.
>

Have you tried not using cable select, I never have much luck with it.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:24ed01c47d67$b4cd1860$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Trent -
>
> Thanks for taking the time to reply.
>
> It's an SIIG Ultra ATA133 controller card.
>
> I've tried many different configurations to try to
> resolve this. The current configuration is: The two
> HD's (C & D - both Seagate) coming off the controler
> card's first slot and the CDR-W (Sony - I've already
> exhanged it to rule out a CDRW malfunction) coming off
> the second slot of the controller card. The C HD is set
> to master and everything else is set to Cable Select. Of
> course the floppy is connected directly to the floppy
> controller. I have temporarily disconnect the DVD and
> the Zip to attempt to isolate the cause.
>
> When I reboot, the CDR-W reads the CD ONCE. If open the
> CDR-W and re-close it, it says the CD is blank.
>
> I'll try any other configuration you suggest and I
> appreciate any suggestions as this is driving me nuts !
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:27:02 -0700, "Dan"
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi -
> >>
> >>Jumper settings are correct. I needed the new
> controller
> >>card because of the number of devices..........2 HD's,
> >>CDR-W, DVD,Zip Drive and of course the floppy.
> >>
> >>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >We need the controller used, the jumper setting, and the
> position on
> >the controller for each drive.
> >
> >
> >Have a nice week...
> >
> >Trent
> >
> >What do you call a smart blonde?
> >A golden retriever.
> >.
> >

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:49:44 -0700, "Dan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Trent -
>
>Thanks for taking the time to reply.
>
>It's an SIIG Ultra ATA133 controller card.
>
>I've tried many different configurations to try to
>resolve this. The current configuration is: The two
>HD's (C & D - both Seagate) coming off the controler
>card's first slot and the CDR-W (Sony - I've already
>exhanged it to rule out a CDRW malfunction) coming off
>the second slot of the controller card. The C HD is set
>to master and everything else is set to Cable Select.

Set the jumper on the other drive to slave instead of cs. Then turn
the controllers off on the mainboard...not just on the opening screen
to 'none'...but turn them OFF in the peripheral section.

See if that boots okay...then add drives one at a time from there.
Test each time. Don't forget that you'll need to turn the controllers
back on that you need on the mainboard.

>Of
>course the floppy is connected directly to the floppy
>controller. I have temporarily disconnect the DVD

Which is WHERE?

>and
>the Zip to attempt to isolate the cause.

I'd dump that zip drive...just my personal opinion. More than likely,
its causing the floppy problem.

>When I reboot, the CDR-W reads the CD ONCE. If open the
>CDR-W and re-close it, it says the CD is blank.

Move your letters down in Windows...W for any writer...R for any ROM.

>I'll try any other configuration you suggest and I
>appreciate any suggestions as this is driving me nuts !

I'd suggest running any boot optical drive from the master secondary
on the mainboard...and set your jumper accordingly.

I never use cable select. It often causes problems...especially for
folks who aren't sure of the kinda cable they have. And it slows down
the computer on boot.

If you need to write back, let us know what's working...and the
working configuration.

Good luck...let us know.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.