Recent content by mkenney

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    Burning cd/dvd on Promise 20579 (IDE) controller

    According to someone over at the SharkyExtreme forums, this is a long standing problem with add on ide controllers (ATAPI devices fully functioning). He said my best bet was to just rearrange my drives so that the cd/dvdrw's were on the nVidia controllers, and to put one of my extra...
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    Burning cd/dvd on Promise 20579 (IDE) controller

    afaik, I am running the latest version (6.3.1.20). Continuing to play around with the drivers, unfortunately not having much luck. If anyone else has a recommendation, please do not hesitate to add your insights!
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    Unofficial Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR thread

    Hey guys, I cannot determine if this thread is for technical support or just general discussion about the motherboard, but I am having trouble getting the promise20579 to work properly in a non-raid configuration, which is a problem scots might be concerned about. I have started a thread on...
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    Burning cd/dvd on Promise 20579 (IDE) controller

    Howdy, I recently purchased a SolTek SL-K8AN2E-GR Motherboard, which has a Promise 20579 onboard controller. Its primarily intended for SATA and RAID configurations, but it also includes an IDE channel which I have hooked up a CDRW and DVDRW to. Media can be read from both devices just fine...
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    ChainTech VNF3-250, corrupted secondary ide?

    Hey gang, I just purchased a ChainTech VNF3-250 motherboard from newegg and dropped it in this system. BIOS is reporting incorrect identification/settings for all the devices on my secondary ide channel. For example, my 200GB Western Digital HD has the official identification...