So, here's the explanation and solution to the secondary IDE problem mentioned in this thread.
The problem is that although the motherboard has 9 pins for each of the 2 front USB cables, if your cable makes use of the shield pin (the 9th pin that is unpaired) your secondary IDE channel will not function.
The USB cable that came with this mobo has a single piece connector with 9 holes for the 9 pins, but it only has 8 wires coming from the cable. This is the appropriate configuration for the mobo. The graphic below should resemble the USB connection points of your mobo. The X in the graphic represent the either "shield" or "over current" pin.
0 0 0 0 X
0 0 0 0
My other USB cable came with my Lian-Li case. Because a case manufacturer does not know which mobo you are going to use, the case comes with a USB cable that has 9 separate connectors for each wire. These small individual connectors are a pain to connect to the mobo, but it does allow one to adapt to the pin configuration of the mobo (I have learned that the pin config of mobos are not consistent).
The solution:
Make sure that 9th pin does NOT get a wire connection. If you have a single piece connector, disconnect the black wire that is on the far end.
It sure would be nice if Gigabyte would post info about this. Their web site somewhat lacking.
cjk<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by cjkrazy on 11/25/02 02:58 PM.</EM></FONT></P>