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Re: [LUG] Hardware question

 

Kevin Lucas wrote:

 >>> Hi, My motherboard has tweo IDE sockets, I expect like a lot
 >>> of mbs. Problem
 >>> is the secondary IDE slot seems completly useless!. I have
 >>> yet to get any
 >>> device to work through it. It even messes up the

Before chucking it, have a *good* hunt through the bios.

I've seen at least one Award bios that allowed the secondary IDE to be 
disabled entirely, I think somewhere in the advanced or chipset submenus.

It would be really unlucky if yours was busted, they're usually pretty 
reliable things.

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