Solved: IDE Adapter Card Issue

[squall_01]

I had ordered an IDE Adapter Card, so that I could just select which OS that I wanted it too boot from. Thing is that I have four drives in it an dont think that my one on board IDE is working. Here is a link to the card I got http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CX-VT6410 I assumed that I could just connect a drive an be able to see it in the BIOS. Thing is that I attached some that has OS installed an cant boot from them or see them in the BIOS, I did install the driver in XP that came with it, thought that it was for older OS. I am able to see a CD drive that I had attached but not the others that I want it too look at, I can see the other drives threw XP though the phsyical contents but not the acctual drive in the BOOT Order. I want it so that I can have ether one OS load or a differnt one during start up.

 

[dustyjay]

I read the specs listed on Geeks for that card and don't see listed that it is a bootable card. You will notice this one from New Egg is listed as bootable http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=IDE_Controller_card-_-16-115-016-_-Product

 

[Mumbodog]

Its a motherboard bios limitation, the bios has to have the ability to put that card in a bootable device list, if it is an older or limited bios, it cannot see that pci card as a bootable device.

A boot loader might be able to sort it out, not sure

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/multibooting.html

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[squall_01]

So in other words that explains why I am only able to see the contents of the drive.

 

[squall_01]

I dont really want to Flash my Bios I try to advoid that as much as possible in case something goes wrong.

 

[Mumbodog]

Flashing the bios will not add that functionality if it is not there in the first place.

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[squall_01]

I checked the main site an it said something about if it wont boot. I'll have to look at it later though. Not near the unit ether.

 

[dustyjay]

Flashing the BIOS will also not add that function if the card is not Bootable. Not all IDE Controller cards are bootable, some are simply designed just to add IDE Channels.

 

[squall_01]

The only thing I can do is see what it indicates. I really wasnt aware that it wasnt though thought that it would end up doing just simply that

 

[DoubleHelix]

Is this for the same seriously ancient computer you're posting about in this thread?
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/919594-compaq-prosignia-300-server.html

 

[squall_01]

No, there is a huge difference between the Batman an the Server which I said I am borrowing a 486 Card to attach the drives

 

[squall_01]

I'm not being mean or anything like that its just that one is a 586 Server an the this one the Batman is a 486 pent 4 2.8 ghz cpu

 

[squall_01]

just going to get a new card ordered from newegg then. ended up that I got a cutomer accomidation an credited for it

 

[DoubleHelix]

Yeah. There's a huge difference between a 486 and a 586. How much money are you going to spend on these things?

And what the heck is a "Batman" computer?

 

[prunejuice]

I think he meant x86 not 486.