problem with sec.ide drives in asus M/B

JOHNKAMP · Apr 18, 2003

I have an Asus M/B P4S533 and connected as sec. master and slave a CDRW PLEXTOR and a DVD Pioneer 116.
Notice that both of the drives work fine in other system.
The problem is that sometimes the drives don't recognize any CD.
I have to change the transfer mode in device manager in PIO mode to make them work fine but when i restart i have the same problem.I think that the problem is with the drivers of SIS chipset of the M/B.Anybody has a suggestion about this?
Can i use via4in1 drivers in a SIS chipset ?

Duracell · Apr 18, 2003

JOHNKAMP said:
Can i use via4in1 drivers in a SIS chipset ?

Don't do that!

check this:
SIS Chipset Drivers
SIS IDE / ATA Drivers
SIS Homepage

Greetings from
Duracell

Nunyobiznes · Apr 19, 2003

I'd say double check your bios to make sure that it's set to auto-detect your ide devices. 2nd, I'd check the cable position in relation to the drive jumper settings. If drive is set to master but drive is connected to slave terminal on cable that might cause issues like that. 3rd, since your board is relatively new, you might want to flash the firmware on the drives. Other than this, you might want to check the mfg website for any compatibility issues.

dx · Apr 19, 2003

JOHNKAMP said:
Can i use via4in1 drivers in a SIS chipset ?

NO! 4in1s are for VIA chipsets. Use the links Duracell provided for you for what chipset drives you need.

JOHNKAMP · Apr 19, 2003

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP

Nunyobiznes · Apr 20, 2003

So did you solve your problem? If so, what was the solution?

JOHNKAMP · Apr 20, 2003

SO THIS IS F***ING UNBELIEAVABLE.
I TRIED ALL THESE ABOVE,NEW DRIVERS, NEW CABLES, PIO MODE ,DMA MODE BUT NOTHING.
AT LAST I PUT THE PIONEER DVD116 AS SEC.MASTER AND THE PLEXTOR AS SEC SLAVE, AND AFTER THAT EVERYTHING WORKS FINE.WHAT CAN I SAY!!!
THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY GUYS.

Duracell · Apr 20, 2003

it's nice to hear your ATA drive problem is solved;

next step should be fixing the keyboard driver, to make your capslock switchable;

Nunyobiznes · Apr 20, 2003

For a blurry battery that was a pretty focused comment! LOL

The-poacher · Apr 20, 2003

Irish Bear · Apr 25, 2003

Hy JOHNKAMP
I have the same MoBo, I have 2 - 80gig Hard drives on the primery channel, and my DVD (Master) CD-Burner (Slave) on the sec/ry IDE. and did not have your problem. I am using Windows Xp home, and the problem I have, is when I click on properties on the sec/dry ide or the master I have no tab to set the PIO or DMA. I have no advanced settings Tab on the properties box.

Irish Bear.

The-poacher · Apr 25, 2003

Re your sig How about at least £36 Billion on the bus trip to Iraq

scarecrow · Apr 26, 2003

Money... I can recall that being a thing which is so utterly useless, that it is used for buying derivatives...

Irish Bear · Apr 26, 2003

Better change it, too much controversy. LoL

How bout "I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day."

The-poacher · Apr 26, 2003

Nothing wrong with your sig I was just making an observation on how money seems to get wasted!

Irish Bear · Apr 26, 2003

Did not mean to sound serious, just poking a bit of fun. And yes it is sad to see so much wasted. but unfortunatly we have no control.

Irish Bear

Duracell · Apr 26, 2003

Irish Bear said:
I am using Windows Xp home, and the problem I have, is when I click on properties on the sec/dry ide or the master I have no tab to set the PIO or DMA. I have no advanced settings Tab on the properties box.

go to my posting above and try the "SIS IDE / ATA Drivers";

Greetings from
Duracell

Irish Bear · Apr 26, 2003

Hi Duracell,
I missread the origanal message. Done what you said and it was only after downloading the drivers that I realised that I had the wrong board. Mine is an Asus P4B533-E Raid with the Intel 845E chipset. I had installed the Intel Application Accelerator, and forgot that it is there you do these settings.
By the way what would be the advantages of setting this up as a raid. Could I still have partitions. I have 4 on each drive 20mb each partition, on the 2 80gb H/Ds. This is a computer that I built myself. I had waited for some time to get this board here in Ireland. Also I got 2 500mb Chips of DDR, (PC2100) but it will not let the computer start with the second one installed. There is no brand name on the chips, I was thinking that this might be the problem.

Irish Bear.

Irish Bear.

Duracell · Apr 26, 2003

Irish Bear said:
By the way what would be the advantages of setting this up as a raid. Could I still have partitions. I have 4 on each drive 20mb each partition, on the 2 80gb H/Ds.

I'm surely not an RAID expert; in theory is RAID0 double read and write speed, because data will be splitted and simultaneously written to both HDDs; RAID0 is not really secure, if you lost one HDD, than all your data (from both HDDs) are gone;
also if you prepare your HDDs as RAID "stripe set", you will lost all stored data; and yes you can arrange virtual partitions/drives on a RAID stripe set;

Maybe someone will add a usefull link abaut RAID?

Also I got 2 500mb Chips of DDR, (PC2100) but it will not let the computer start with the second one installed. There is no brand name on the chips, I was thinking that this might be the problem.

the modul is either faulty or incompatible to your MB

Greetings from
Duracell

Irish Bear · Apr 26, 2003

Thanks for that info Duracell.
I will stick with what I have some idea of!!

Best..............Irish Bear