IDE Controller Question

[Guest]

I recently bought a Abit VH6 Motherboard and noticed that when, for example, I perform a 'directory command' on my CDROM drive, it causes the Hard Drive light to come on. I tried booting directly to dos and the same thing happens...every time I access the CDROM the hard drive light comes on. And NO the hard drive isn't being accessed ( i put it up to my ear just to be sure).

Also, when I try to install Windows 2000 it loads all of the drivers and right when it says ..."Staring Windows 2000" it locks up HARD, consistently! I wonder if these two issues are related???

Thanks for any insight!

Chyld

 

[Crashman]

These two issues are not related. The first situation is NORMAL, as the light is lit by the IDE controller whenever ANY IDE drive is accessed, be it a hard drive, cd-rom, zip-drive, or anything else.
As for the second issue, it sounds as though your system is locking when trying to configure a card that is causing a conflict. Try removing all the cards except the Video card, loading the system, and then after it is fully configured adding the cards on-by-one between restarts. That gives Windows a better chance to configure things, as it has less to deal with.

Suicide is painless...........

 

[Guest]

Ive had a very similar prob. I need to replace the cd-rom in a old comp. After installing the new cd-rom I locked up hard at the windows 98 screen. I then but the old one back in and booted up with no problem. Could there be some type of conflict that I might be able to fix or is there something wrong with the cd-rom. (the pin 1 is oriented correctly, set as the master on the second IDE) is there something else I could be missing?

 

[Crashman]

I once had a BTC CD-ROM that took 5 seconds to "spin up" before it read data-so I got a lot of "unable to find file" errors. So there is a remote chance that it could be the CD-ROM.

Suicide is painless...........