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They are using the JMicron South Bridge, but the controller (as windows percieves it) is specifically SATA RAID, the JMicron does not support PATA RAID, as stated in the manual. So you should be ok.
 
HI, I have one more question how do i check if my memory is configured corectly, i think the bios recognizes my ddr2 800 ram as 533(or so) which options in the bios should i enter to change these options? and i guess I will not need to change the timings (5-5-5-12)

Thank You.
 
After reading this whole saga, Just had to make a few comments:

The JMicron is the slowest and buggiest part on an otherwise very good motherboard. It has been well documented to cause your kind of problems when hooking up to various hard disks. You should get the latest drivers from JMicron off the internet. The ones that came on the ASUS CD are known to be of poor quality. The latest drivers will fix most problems people have had using this part but it continues to be very dependent upon the hardware attached.

I would HIGHLY recommend you save whatever is of value off of those two old drives and then use them as paper weights. You have a nice top-of-the-line setup here and then you are compromising with old hard drives that have caused most of your problems and stress. If you really value what is on those old HDs, you want to save it now.

This motherboard was designed for SATA drives, not IDE. Get something like a new WD 320 GB SATA2 (7200 rpm plus 16 MB cache) for $90 plus shipping and plug it into the red SATA1 connector. The advantages are many including: much faster speed, higher reliability, sata health checking that warns you when the drive is about to fail, plus lower power needs (replacing 2 old HD with 1 new HD), and the new WD SATA will be very quiet.

NOTE: to use a sata drive in your system you need to setup as follows:
Backup the data on those old HDs. Then remove them and install the new WD Sata. Get latest Intel AHCI drivers for ICH7R south bridge from Intel's website. Load these to a floppy. On bootup of system, go into Bios, Main screen, IDE Configuration, set to "AHCI". save, and exit. Reboot system with Windows install disk and when it asks if you have drivers to install (option to hit F6) say yes and use the floppy. Make sure you load the proper driver since there are several on the floppy. You must scrol down off screen, not obvious, and get to the ICH7R AHCI driver. Continue with install as normal. It will ask for the floppy one more time after a reboot but that will be all.

I think you will also be able to speed up your boot time as well if you can then just disable the JMicro (after you install a new sata drive) plus if you don't use the MB fan connectors, disable them as well or at least the ones your are not using.

I would also recommend you get rid of the onboard wireless transmitter. Need to remove a screw on the underside of the MB, so it is a pain to get access. If you don't plan to use this feature, just remove it. No way to disable this within Bios, unfortunately.

One more caution, don't use the USB 3/4 connectors for anything you frequently disconnect or turn of/off. These 2 have special functionality for use with the remote control and some attached devices in these 2 ports cause unexpected on/off power to MB. You have 6 others so, avoiding these two shouldn't be a big problem.

Good Luck,

Paul
 
After reading this whole saga, Just had to make a few comments:
Get latest Intel AHCI drivers for ICH7R south bridge from Intel's website. Load these to a floppy. On bootup of system, go into Bios, Main screen, IDE Configuration, set to "AHCI". save, and exit. Reboot system with Windows install disk and when it asks if you have drivers to install (option to hit F6) say yes and use the floppy.
Click to expand...

Can someone provide a direct link to the current AHCI drivers on Intels website?
 
Are you sure this is the correct one? I downloaded this and made the F6 disk but when it comes up it lists ICH8R not ICH7R and when I select it (8R) it says no hard disks are installed and exits windows install...
 
Did you scroll down the list that appears when you insert the floppy after F6'ing? - the ICH7R driver is off the view in the list and needs to be scrolled down to.
 
actualy i cant disable(i acan , but...) the JMicron, when i do so my optical drivers are just not recognized in windows, in regards to the ide hd's why would i throw them away if they work fine, didnt have any issues with them at all in my old pc, or since i did set up the new pc (after those problems), i just dont see the need of throwing away the next $100 or so for a hd that is a bit faster on boots, and overall, i mean honestly i did spend a bit less than i planned, but im saving up for a new gpu (the dx10, ill probably get one next summer or winter, when the price craze will go down :wink: ). I mean if the drives worked fine for the past 2 weeks or so now without any issues at all i think they should be reliable , i think i got one hd about a year a go, and the other about 1.5 or 2 years ago, these are my 5th or so hd's since i got the old pc in 2001, so they are not the "original" oldie ones that came with the old oc.

btw
does anyone know how can I change the memory setings in the bios? thx
 
Can someone please explain how illuminatrix solved his problem? I dont think I understand because I did connect the hdds to the bottom connector and the ods to the side connector and my comp still recognises only the hardware attached to the side connector.
What shoul be the bios settings for a 4 IDE setup? Maybe I got the settings wrong...
Please help, im about to throw the thing out the window... I have been trying and trying for 2 weeks now :cry:
 
hi, i dont have time now but maby later on in the evening today ill be able to, basicaly u should not conect anything like the instructions tell u u have to conect the hd's to the botom ide conector(if u have ide hd's) and the optical drives to the top/side one, enable jmicron in the bios, install the drivers for it in windows(it wont work anyway, but after i uninstalled it my optical drws stope3d working, so i gues part od the driver works) g2g sorry, not enough time, but reply with ur results btw for most stuf i have auto bios options if u get hd to work and all then u can mess with the rest after u get windows and all to work corectly.
take care, hope this helped a bit
 
If I enable Jmicron in BIOS it wont boot. It will say something like select propper boot drive or insert boot media. And even if I try to install windows (it is already installed anyway) at the first restart it will say select propper boot drive again.
The way its working now is set up like this:
2 HDDs on the side connector
JMicron disabled
IDE
Enhanced mode
PATA

I tryed it so many ways and it just doesnt work...
Awaiting reply.
Thank you...
 
lol not enough time again, but here it is 2 hd's (ide ) should conected to the botom conector, opticals to the side conector, btw do u have ur master slave pins corectly set? the hd or whatever that is on the last conection that is not the midle one is always a master , the one in middle is a slave(if i got it corect) the optical drive (1 or 2 i dont know how many u have) should be set to master but on the last conector) ok now if u have windows installed, just turn on the pc and wait do not go into bios setings the bios actualy never gets to acept this conection corectly(believe me took me couple days to realize this) just let the entire boot sequesnce pass after u get that green non recognized hardware" info just wait till u see the windows logo and all goes well as ussal then, after u see it, tehn u can go back to bios and mess with the setings, althou teh main setings should be configured teh first time (just my opinon, i gues thats the best) btw in bios enable the jmicorn and all its setings below and i think set ur sata to ide style(mode) i would have to check my bios, but all should work fine, btw did u update ur bios? (lol anyways i think u would have to do it later in windows(but u can do it alsoin bios but if ur cpu and all is recognizeddont bother now , later)
 
Could you please check your BIOS for JMicron and IDE Settings and tell me what yours are...
And could you explain again where each component goes...
Because I have HDDs on the bottom connector, and opticals on the side connector and the jumpers are ok I think because if I set my hdds or ods to the side connector they get recognized. Only when I set them to the bottom connector they dont show up. I have flashed to the latest BIOS (14.07 i think)
Im getting pi$$ed :x
And I dont have enough money to buy a SATA HDD ...
Please reply soon or im going to throw this crap out the window
 
lol chill a bit lol 😉

"Because I have HDDs on the bottom connector, and opticals on the side connector and the jumpers are ok I think because if I set my hdds or ods to the side connector they get recognized."

ok thats the way it should be, hds on botom optical on side(but not acording to the manual) dont cvhange these conection now the only thing u have to work on is bios (lol i have the older version of it , didint even know the new one is out, i stil have the 13..one) i think the sata thing (i forgot exactly) should be set to IDE mode (or something like ti) all ur jmicron stuf should be set to auto or enabled(i think it was enabled) dont wory about whats recognized and whats not, just let the system boot up till it pases all windows, and (in my case) it sais that my 2 optical drives are not recognized, then in about 10 seconds i get teh windoes logo, and all goes to windows, dont wory that it shows u the nonj recognized stuff in bios, ull be fine in widows, this mobo is crapy for ide users, but there is a way around it as i sugested, if ur hd's work there is no need for sata, unles u need that litle speed bust(which is not worth it, in my opinion), report back how it all turned out m8, ill try to respond more when i boot up next time, i just have loads of work to do and not enough time, but ill try to help out.
 
np, I went through it myselfe, and remember what grief it acused me lol, im glad i could help out :) , thats what these forums are for, btw just out of curiosity do u get a jmicorn erroe when u boot up ur pc when it goes to windows? i used to have that issue, but it kindof stoped about after a week or so when i used nortons scan
 
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Core 2 Duo E6600
ATI Radeon X1900XTX
2GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800Mhz Ram 55512
Antec True Power 2.0 500 W PSU
Antec TX1050B Black MiniTower Case

its my first high performance rig, till now i had only budget builds...
 
lol nice almost all the same components as i do, but i went eith a 850xt because ill be geting a dx10 card about next christmas , so i didnt want to spend much on any good card now, and teh 850xt was the cheapest i could find, but so far im pleased with it, but the only thing tahat bothers me is no sm3 🙁 , ...enjoy ur build m8 :)
 
well, I couldnt wait for the dx10 cards, i bought this build because i was in the USA this summer working with a student visa and it was cheaper then in my country
either way i couldnt have afforded this if i were to have baught it home...
 
the gpu? i heard that there is not much gain from ocing the gpu i have maby 2 or 3 frames more in some games fo i gues i might not, but i was thinking abou treplacig the hsf, honestly its realy loud, and quite anoying, i used ATITool to level the fan speeds, but at that 70C its realy unberable, and honestly i dont play games with much volume, just so im able to hear whats happnieng, so it realy begun to bother me, not to mentione the 100% fan thats just ridiculus lol 😉
 
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