Boot from SATA or PATA adapter card in PCI slots?

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Jon D

I have a PC based on an old SV266A motherboard by Syntax running a
socket-A processor and WinXP.

The mobo supports only PATA.
The PC has 2 PCI adapter cards: one for PATA and the other for SATA.

The chips in the adpter cards are:
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID
Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid

The PATA card has a BIOS which can be flashed but the SATA card does
not.
 
A

Andy

I have a PC based on an old SV266A motherboard by Syntax running a
socket-A processor and WinXP.

The mobo supports only PATA.
The PC has 2 PCI adapter cards: one for PATA and the other for SATA.

The chips in the adpter cards are:
Silicon Image SiI 0680 Ultra-ATA/133 Medley RAID
Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid

The PATA card has a BIOS which can be flashed but the SATA card does
not.
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No. If the adapter does not have a BIOS, the motherboard BIOS does not
have a way to determine the adapter's presence.
 

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