Trouble with PCI IDE card

[jw]

I bit the bullet and bought a new MOBO bundle.
It is:
MOBO M3A78-CM
CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Quad 2.6 MHz
RAM 4GB DDR2
It has only one IDE (PATA) header providing me with only C: hard drive
and D: DVD burner.

I added an IDE card in one of the PCI slots:
Promise PCI Ultra ATA/66 vers 1.11

My whole goal was to get more IDE PATA capability so I can run with
two IDE (PATA) hard drives, one as Primary Master (MOBO), the second
as an auxiliary drive (IDE card).

I am running XP SP2.

I tested the IDE card in that mode in another XP SP2 machine before I
bought the new stuff, and it worked fine. I could even boot from the
IDE card hard drive.

This new configuration is giving me fits. Without the IDE card, it
boots up XP SP2 on MOBO-connected (Primary Master) C: drive okay, even
with the second hard drive connected as Primary Slave instead of the
DVD drive. With the card, it still boots up okay if I don't connect
anything to it, or if I connect the DVD drive to the card instead of
to the MOBO as Primary Slave. When I connect the second hard drive to
the card, though, the configuration will not boot from C: drive. It
hangs immediately, with a black screen after pintail MBO logo
display.

Since the hard drive is acceptable as Primary Slave, I figure the
hard drive itself is okay.

I'm kinda outa things to try. Anyone have a suggestion?

Duke

 

[jw]

I bit the bullet and bought a new MOBO bundle.
It is:
MOBO M3A78-CM
CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Quad 2.6 MHz
RAM 4GB DDR2
It has only one IDE (PATA) header providing me with only C: hard drive
and D: DVD burner.

I added an IDE card in one of the PCI slots:
Promise PCI Ultra ATA/66 vers 1.11

My whole goal was to get more IDE PATA capability so I can run with
two IDE (PATA) hard drives, one as Primary Master (MOBO), the second
as an auxiliary drive (IDE card).

I am running XP SP2.

I tested the IDE card in that mode in another XP SP2 machine before I
bought the new stuff, and it worked fine. I could even boot from the
IDE card hard drive.

This new configuration is giving me fits. Without the IDE card, it
boots up XP SP2 on MOBO-connected (Primary Master) C: drive okay, even
with the second hard drive connected as Primary Slave instead of the
DVD drive. With the card, it still boots up okay if I don't connect
anything to it, or if I connect the DVD drive to the card instead of
to the MOBO as Primary Slave. When I connect the second hard drive to
the card, though, the configuration will not boot from C: drive. It
hangs immediately, with a black screen after pintail MBO logo
display.

Since the hard drive is acceptable as Primary Slave, I figure the
hard drive itself is okay.

I'm kinda outa things to try. Anyone have a suggestion?

Duke

As I posted a few minutes ago, I think most of my trouble was a bad
RAM module.

I tried to burn a audio CD on a burner connected to the Promise PCI
IDE card. That was my goal as I had said.

The resulting disk did not play good at all. Full of skips and blank
spots. I have given up trying to burn that way.

Duke

 

[jw]

I posted this earlier, but I don't see that it made it,
so I am re-posting, hoping for success this time.
Sorry for any aggravations.

I bit the bullet and bought a new MOBO bundle.
It is:
MOBO M3A78-CM
CPU AMD Phenom 9950 Quad 2.6 MHz
RAM 4GB DDR2
It has only one IDE (PATA) header providing me with only C: hard drive
and D: DVD burner.

I added an IDE card in one of the PCI slots:
Promise PCI Ultra ATA/66 vers 1.11

My whole goal was to get more IDE PATA capability so I can run with
two IDE (PATA) hard drives, one as Primary Master (MOBO), the second
as an auxiliary drive (IDE card).

I am running XP SP2.

I tested the IDE card in that mode in another XP SP2 machine before I
bought the new stuff, and it worked fine. I could even boot from the
IDE card hard drive.

This new configuration is giving me fits. Without the IDE card, it
boots up XP SP2 on MOBO-connected (Primary Master) C: drive okay, even
with the second hard drive connected as Primary Slave instead of the
DVD drive. With the card, it still boots up okay if I don't connect
anything to it, or if I connect the DVD drive to the card instead of
to the MOBO as Primary Slave. When I connect the second hard drive to
the card, though, the configuration will not boot from C: drive. It
hangs immediately, with a black screen after pintail MBO logo
display.

Since the hard drive is acceptable as Primary Slave, I figure the
hard drive itself is okay.

I'm kinda outa things to try. Anyone have a suggestion?

Duke

As I posted a few minutes ago, I think most of my trouble was a bad
RAM module.

I tried to burn a audio CD on a burner connected to the Promise PCI
IDE card. That was my goal as I had said.

The resulting disk did not play good at all. Full of skips and blank
spots. I have given up trying to burn that way.

My problem now will be - if I use a SATA burner I have, then how will
I be able to install XP from an installation CD when the boot scenario
will not recognize the presence of the SATA drive at that time.

Duke