A7N8X-X and DVD

P

Peter

Hi,

I just got the above board, along with an Athlon XP2800+.

Installed the board, etc no problems. Came with BIOS rev 1006. As soon as I
plugged in my 2 DVD drives, it got to Detecting IDE Drives and locked up. I
removed the power to the drives, and it works.

I have tried different cables, IDE channels, Master/Slave, Cable Select.
None of which got it going. I put in a normal CD-ROM drive, and it was
detected and works no problems.

I flashed the BIOS to 1007, but this didn't fix it.

Anyone seen this before? I am looking on the Asus site, but so far, nothing.

Thanks,

Peter.
 
P

Peter

Peter said:
Hi,

I just got the above board, along with an Athlon XP2800+.

Installed the board, etc no problems. Came with BIOS rev 1006. As soon as I
plugged in my 2 DVD drives, it got to Detecting IDE Drives and locked up. I
removed the power to the drives, and it works.

I have tried different cables, IDE channels, Master/Slave, Cable Select.
None of which got it going. I put in a normal CD-ROM drive, and it was
detected and works no problems.

I flashed the BIOS to 1007, but this didn't fix it.

Anyone seen this before? I am looking on the Asus site, but so far, nothing.

Thanks,

Peter.
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Sorry, I should add that both DVD drives work in another computer.

Peter.
 
K

KB

Are both DVD drives on IDE2?
Or do you have a DVD drive on the same IDE cable as your HD?
2 DVD drives?
On IDE1 =Hard drive(s)
On IDE2 = optical drives, one as master, one as slave.
What IDE cables?
IDE1 ata 66/100/133 cable ?
IDE2 ata 66/100/133 cable ?
 
P

Peter

KB said:
Are both DVD drives on IDE2?
Or do you have a DVD drive on the same IDE cable as your HD?
2 DVD drives?
On IDE1 =Hard drive(s)
On IDE2 = optical drives, one as master, one as slave.
What IDE cables?
IDE1 ata 66/100/133 cable ?
IDE2 ata 66/100/133 cable ?
Click to expand...

IDE 1 = 2 Hard Drives
IDE 2 = 2 DVD Drives

I have tried different cables, both the 40 pin and the UATA that came with
the board. I have tried only 1 drive at a time, both drives together,
master/slave and as cable select. i have tried the same cable that is on the
hard drives. i have tried them on both IDE channels.

Basically I have tried all combinations of IDE channel / cable / jumper
setting I can think of.

Can't see anything on the Asus site, so it looks like a bad board. That's 2
out of 2 so far for Asus. Not good.

Peter.
 
R

rstlne

Peter said:
IDE 1 = 2 Hard Drives
IDE 2 = 2 DVD Drives

I have tried different cables, both the 40 pin and the UATA that came with
the board. I have tried only 1 drive at a time, both drives together,
master/slave and as cable select. i have tried the same cable that is on the
hard drives. i have tried them on both IDE channels.

Basically I have tried all combinations of IDE channel / cable / jumper
setting I can think of.

Can't see anything on the Asus site, so it looks like a bad board. That's 2
out of 2 so far for Asus. Not good.

Peter.
Click to expand...


My Rev1.xx board the -Delux ver had a faulty IO problem too, Not sure if it
was down to the Controller or something else.. My 2.xx board has been rock
steady..
Maybee the -X version has the same problem.. I would really remove EVERY
drive and try JUST 1 of the drives say where your HD1 is now..
 
P

Peter

My Rev1.xx board the -Delux ver had a faulty IO problem too, Not sure if it
was down to the Controller or something else.. My 2.xx board has been rock
steady..
Maybee the -X version has the same problem.. I would really remove EVERY
drive and try JUST 1 of the drives say where your HD1 is now..
Click to expand...

Done that already. Looks like it's going back. Again.

Peter.
 
C

Canus_Lupus

I would set all jumpers to cable select and put the C drive as master and
the DVD player as slave on primary ide and the DVD burner as secondary
master with the slave HDD as secondary slave.
A strange question if I may. Why two DVDs on one computer ?
 
P

Peter

Canus_Lupus said:
I would set all jumpers to cable select and put the C drive as master and
the DVD player as slave on primary ide and the DVD burner as secondary
master with the slave HDD as secondary slave.
A strange question if I may. Why two DVDs on one computer ?
Click to expand...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that already.

One is a DVD-ROM which I've had for a while. I recently bought a dual format
DVD-RW to replace my CD-RW drive.

Now I can't use either. Oh well.

Peter.
 
K

KB

It's better to put any optical drives on one IDE cable and HD's on the other
even though some people say that putting a slower (ata33)drive on with a
faster drive(ata66/100/133)does not matter anymore.
 
K

KB

Ok, have you tried this?

Set DVD rom to master
Set DVD combo to slave
Put both on an 80 conductor IDE cable.
Make sure master drive is on black connector and slave on grey one.(on
cable)
 
P

Peter

KB said:
Is it a fresh install of windows or was the HD used before?
Click to expand...

It was used before, but once it tries to detect the IDE drives with the DVDs
plugged in, it locks up totally. No keyboard or any input at all. I removed
that hard disk and installed a new one that was yet to be partitioned and
the same happened.
 
P

Peter

KB said:
Ok, have you tried this?

Set DVD rom to master
Yup

Set DVD combo to slave
Yup

Put both on an 80 conductor IDE cable.
Yup

Make sure master drive is on black connector and slave on grey one.(on
cable)
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And erm... Yup :)

Peter.
 

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