IDE HDD not found in XP

[Artois28]

Hi guys,

I think I'm being a bit dumb, but I could use some help.
Just built a new system, the main parts being ; Asus P5K Mobo, 2 x SATA Hdd's, 650W PSU, E6600 Core 2 CPU, and I am trying to install my old IDE Hdd.
THe mobo only has 1 IDE controller (being used by the CD-ROM drive.)
I have bought an IDE controller card, followed the instructions and installed the drivers successfully. However, XP does not find the hard drive.

What I am not doing ?...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers

Artois28

 

[G0AOZ]

The IDE controller card doubtless has its own BIOS. When the machine is booting up and has just completed POST, does the card BIOS show up prior to Windows starting to load? And does the card BIOS list what is attached to it?

If yes, then next is to look in Windows Disk Management. Maybe the disk requires allocating a drive letter.

You could, of course, temporarily try the drive on the interface currently used by the CD, just to prove it still works...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[wahnula]

You could, of course, temporarily try the drive on the interface currently used by the CD, just to prove it still works...

Most definitely this is a first step. If it does, chain the HDD & CDROM and jumper them Master/Slave respectively. If you HAVE to use more than one optical put the IDE on the PCI card, unless it accepts ATAPI devices, in which case I would use it for the CDROM and leave the IDE HDD on the MB connector.

Personally I don't like PCI-to-IDE cards, unless they offer RAID or some other feature.

Tony

 

[runf]

Hi, Artois28.
I can't believe I found this site and this thread.
My Google search was "pci ide card with p5k" and I laughed thinking, "no way is this going to show anything useful".
Turns out it's exactly what I'm trying to do.
My old computer died right after I got my new computer. I managed to get most of my important data transfered to the new machine before that happened, but there are still several things that I would like to retrieve from my old hard drive.
As you may have guessed by now, the MB on my new machine is an Asus P5K. I want to install my old IDE drive on the new system so I can access the data. The guys who put my system together said that the IDE controller on the P5K is crippled and only good for CD rom drives, etc.
Please let me know if you find a solution. Thanks.

 

[Freestone]

runf:

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1637&l1=3&l2=11&l3=534&l4=0

clearly states:

"1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices"

There is no reason why you should not be able to attach your old IDE drive.

 

[G0AOZ]

I agree with Freestone. "...The guys who put my system together said that the IDE controller on the P5K is crippled."

Maybe you should ask them why it's "crippled", particularly if this is a new board...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[cdogg]

Artois28,
It would also help for us to know what make/model PCI IDE controller you're using. Don't forget to try entering the card's BIOS (which you should see right after the POST test completes) to check settings.

~cdogg
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[wahnula]

Aha! "JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller

If this is like my P5W-DH this red port is one of the Jmicron controller ports, I have used it for ATAPI drives (not IDE yet) as is the SATA port (black single port at the top of the RAM slots) which is for SATA devices, which I have used for SATA HDDs. I will try that red port with an IDE drive tonight and report back.

Of course the JMicron driver needs to be supplied at Windows install.

Tony

 

[runf]

I hooked up my old IDE drive to the IDE contoller on the P5K and it works fine. No problems what so ever.
I don't know why the guy who put together my new PC said that the port was crippled (actully he said, "limited functionality") but I guess he was wrong. The only thing I can think of is that the Jmicron contoller has something to do with it. The reason I say this is because I have read people saying that it was a bear in some respect or other (drivers?) and someone even recommeded staying with all SATA devices.
It's all over my head but I'm glad it's working for me at least. Thanks and good luck to you all.

 

[Freestone]

Giving the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he meant "limited" in the sense of the number of IDE devices you can have attached. Earlier motherboards supported dual-IDE channels for up to four devices. With only one controller, you can only have a maximum of two.

 

[wahnula]

Ditto here...plugged up an old IDE to the JMicron PATA port and it was recognized just fine. Funny...even after several reboots just having the drive attached slows down my bootup time to at least double normal. That does not happen with a SATA drive.

Earlier motherboards supported dual-IDE channels for up to four devices.

If you had onboard IDE RAID like my P4S8X the number went up to SIX PATA devices, although the RAID ports would not handle ATAPI devices...that was long ago, when Asus was still answering support emails *nostalgic sigh*

Tony