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>>> >>> 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. I had a similar problem with different symptons on a machine this week. You timely message prompted me to try swapping the IDE cable and wahey! Up and running. Cheers guys. Martin -- 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