Promise ATA 66

[jbrim]

I have a Promise EIDE ATA66 card that I want to set up my Maxtor 40gb hd on as slave to my 13gb quantum. But, when I boot my Compaq, I get a notation that my cdrw has been automaticly updated and then the message that no operating system is found.

I have been to the Compaq forums and found that a number of others have had this same problem. But, no one from Compaq has replied to any of them, even the ones that are months old.

Anyone here have any ideas?

Jbrim

 

[themac]

When you start the system, is the primary drive(13gb) and primary slave drive(40gb) setup on the system. You will see this on screen just after you start the system and just before windows starts.

 

[twertman68]

have you done a bois update on your motherboard lately.sounds like your bois cant read your promise card.witch in turn cannot read your hard drives.also changes cdrw drive letter.is your settings in bois setup right to read it.have you tried installing the promise card with your IDE cables still connected to motherboard first to see if your operating system finds new hardware.
i take it your 13gb quantum has your opering system on it.maybe the motherboard that compaq uses wont work right with the promise card,which might explaine why they wont respond.

 

[jbrim]

On my system the 13gb drive is set up as master and the 40gb as slave. I actually have them both set up as cable select. But I have tried it both ways: 13 set as master and 40 as slave.

The latest bios update that I am aware of for my machine was released last year. My machine is a Presario 5724 (500 mhz celeron, 96mb ram, propriatary Compaq motherboard, Intel 810 chip set).

If someone knows how to navigate the Compaq site to locate a newer bios that will work in my machine I would be glad to know it.

Once or twice I got a bios recognition for the Promise card. The card bios booted and searched for my drives but could not find them (though they were connected in the primary card slot).

 

[atac]

I have a compaq Presario 7000 I just recently bought from compaq and have the same situation with my Promise ultra 66. In windows 2000 (which I run) It crashes giving me a kernl error when booting into windows when the card is plugged to anything. I am attempting to plug it into an iomega zip drive. Compaq told me they do not know the chip set of my computer, so I have no idea where to look for an update. All I have to offer is that it is the new compaq 7000 AMD athlon 1.4 ghz won't work with a harddrive either. It worked in my intel compaq computer I previously owned, but not the AMD. I wonder if it is an AMD problem? This may help both of us having this problem if this can be solved. Thankyou!

 

[edfair]

Up front, I don't know the Compaq M/B or the promise controller. But I would try killing the Compaq HD controller and see if the Promise controller could attach both using master and slave. Might even require reversing drives assignments as m/s.
You might also need to go to two expansion controllers to get the M/B to talk with the drives the way you want them to talk. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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[Guest_imported]

Does your BIOS allow you to select various boot devices? The usual is FDD, HDD or CDROM. However, I think this card may be recognised by the BIOS as a SCSI device. Can you select either SCSI or OTHER as a boot device?

ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[atac]

I actually was able to get windows to pick up the controller card fine, but not any device attached to it now. I have switch it to primary, secondary and cable select option on the iomega zip drive I have attached and still will not pick it up. I made sure cables were in the proper way. blue in the card and the other side in the drive. can't put the cables in upside down do to extended piece at cable end. so all that is straight. I still think it is the AMD processor or something with the AMD that doesn't like eide pci controller cables. My drive does let me choose various boot devices. mine is in this order: cdrom, floppy then hard drive. does not give me any other options other then taking those 3 and moving them around in a different order. I can't kill the compaq HD controllers or my HD's won't work.

 

[Guest_imported]

FIRST PHYSICALLY INSTALL YOUR PROMISE CONTROLLER CARD.
SECOND INSTALL DRIVERS FOR IT.
THIRD WITH COMPUTER OFF, PLUG IN THE HARDDRIVE,THEN START THE COMPUTER,
THIS IS THE STANDARD PROCEEDURE