Hi all
I am currently building a new pc, with the asus a8n-sli mobo. I have attached a SATA hard drive which has detected ok, but it fails to detect my IDE DVD drive in the BIOS so I am unable to load XP!
I have tried another CD drive and another cable and have checked the jumper settings (which is set to master), but have not had any luck. When I change the bios setting from auto detect to CD drive and reboot it says there is not a compatitable ATAPI drive connected, although both drives work ok when I plug then into another pc with the same cable/jumper setting.
I have flashed the BIOS but I am still unable to detect any IDE drives. I tried phoneing Asus but they said they do not have any motherboard support and to go online! Are there any setting in the Bios that could be causing the problem? I guess my last resort is to buy a SATA cd drive, but it will be very annoying not to be able to use the IDE channels.
Thanks
Ryan
Thanks in advance
Ryan
I am currently building a new pc, with the asus a8n-sli mobo. I have attached a SATA hard drive which has detected ok, but it fails to detect my IDE DVD drive in the BIOS so I am unable to load XP!
I have tried another CD drive and another cable and have checked the jumper settings (which is set to master), but have not had any luck. When I change the bios setting from auto detect to CD drive and reboot it says there is not a compatitable ATAPI drive connected, although both drives work ok when I plug then into another pc with the same cable/jumper setting.
I have flashed the BIOS but I am still unable to detect any IDE drives. I tried phoneing Asus but they said they do not have any motherboard support and to go online! Are there any setting in the Bios that could be causing the problem? I guess my last resort is to buy a SATA cd drive, but it will be very annoying not to be able to use the IDE channels.
Thanks
Ryan
Thanks in advance
Ryan