SIIG Ultra/ATA 133 Card & SCSI HDD Compatibility

[Unmesh Kurup]

Hi,
I have xp installed on a SCSI HDD on a ASUS motherboard. I boughht a WD
80 GB HDD recently along with a SIIG Ultra/ATA 133 PCI card. When I
installed the card and hooked up the new HDD, the system tries to boot up
from the new HDD instead of the old SCSI disk. I tried all sort of settings.
I notice that when the new HDD is connected, the scsi detector shows the old
scsi disk as having ID 0: and as being Disk 1. If the new HDD is
disconnected, it shows up as ID 0: and Disk 0. Is there any way to make the
system boot up from the old SCSI disk instead of the new HDD?

thanks,
--unm

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Unmesh.

You might want to try the ASUS newsgroups on Usenet for help from the ASUS
gurus who hang out there. Start with alt.comp.periphs.mainboards.asus.

In my EPoX 8K3A+, I can set my BIOS to boot from SCSI or from the onboard
RAID controller, as well as selecting from HDD-0, HDD-1, SCSI, CD-ROM, etc.
I suspect that the details vary so much from one mobo to the next that
you'll need specific instructions from experts, or details from the
(probably out-of-date) manual, or just trial and error.

RC