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Simon Avery writes: > 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. > Hi, there is an option to disable the secondary IDE in the BIOS. I have solved the problem now though. It seems it was just a dodgy cable. I should have probably eliminated this earlier but it was a new cable and I was sure it was OK.....aparently not. Cheers, Jon. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html