abit ip35 pro owners

[stag3]

i can't get it to detect my ide dvdburner, so i can install windows.
i changed cables 3x now, as well as made sure the dvdburner was
set to master as well as cable reset. i even borrowed the dvdburner
that i know is working from my other pc and still the same thing.

the jmicro section shows no devices detected.
the manual doesn't help at all in regards to
troubleshooting ide stuff.

i've already cleared the bios numerous times, and flashed
to the 14 bios hoping it would work. any thoughts?
(outside of buying an sata burner?)

do i just have a bad ide controller on my new board?

 

[stag3]

my specs

e6850
abit ip35 pro
crucial ballistix 6400 2gb
8800gt
nec 18x dvd burner IDE
pc power and cooling 610watt psu

SATA hd = 150gb raptor set to sata 1
IDE dvdburner set on ide as master (on master of cable, and jumper set to master) (have also tried cable select on drive, no difference)

 

[NoelS]

stag3,

Sounds the the IDE channel may be bad. Do you have an IDE HDD you can plug into the IDE channel to check it out? If it's good, the HDD should show up in the BIOS.

One possibility, take the jumper out of the DVD burner and try it. Some IDE devices will run as master when there is no jumper, if it's the sole device...

Also, you're sure the IDE cable is in the correct orientation, with the 2 connectors on the cable nearer to the DVD burner and not nearer the mobo connector? Just a thought...

Believe after all that checking, I'd RMA the board. Ask for a cross-ship to avoid losing time. They'll send you a new board then you return yours, instead of waiting for them to check out the board you send back.

Noel

 

[stag3]

thanks, i just did not want to take the pc apart, it was a pain putting it in and getting the cabling done
yes the red stripe is aligned correctly on the ide cable

 

[NoelS]

stag3,

You replied quickly, you may have missed my edit, here it is: Sounds the the IDE channel may be bad. Do you have an IDE HDD you can plug into the IDE channel to check it out? If it's good, the HDD should show up in the BIOS.

One possibility, take the jumper out of the DVD burner and try it. Some IDE devices will run as master when there is no jumper, if it's the sole device...

Noel

 

[stag3]

yes, i had an old ide hd set as slave so the dvd burner was master, ide drive was slave
i also tried cable select on both devices, and no dice. yet the hd and burner do work on my older pc.

i think i may have found something about the newer chipsets have ide support on the chip itself
and you may need to load a chipset driver before the ide channel is usable? still checking
to see if that's true.

 

[jonmcc33]

Make sure jumper is set to Cable Select. Also, as stated above, try to put another ATA drive on it. Note: IDE means an interface for mass storage devices which the controller is integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive. Everything from SATA to ATA are IDE. So don't think that an older drive using PATA is "IDE".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A..._Technology_Attachment

 

[stag3]

yea my burner and 1 of the hd's are pata
i have 1 sata raptor as the os drive if i can ever get it installed

 

[NoelS]

Yes, you have to load the chipset drivers, but that normally occurs after you install Windows and use the mobo CD to load the drivers.

I suggest you take the DVD burner off the cable and just check with the pata HDD to see if the IDE channel on your mobo is working. If you want to check the mobo's IDE channel,. just hook a single device on the cable's end connector at see if it works. Try them each singly, see if either works. If neither works, your mobo may be bad. Call the Abit tech support and talk to them. They should be able to work together. I'm betting one is bad or the mobo is bad...

Noel

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Put the board on the shipping box. Strip it bare. Install only the CPU, GPU, mouse, keyboard, one stick of RAM, and the optical drive (set as MASTER). Remove battery and clear CMOS for 1/2 hour. Connect the 24/20 and 8/4 pin plugs from the PSU. Short the two power pin on the MB header. Go into BIOS and see if the HDD is seen in 1st boot device list (2nd from the bottom of this list). If not, then load Optimized Default and exit BIOS. Reboot and manually set RAM voltage and timing to specs. Save and reboot about five times. Go back to see if BIOS will detect the optical drive. Try another known good IDE cable. Still no detection? RMA the board.

BTW, how old is this optical drive? Model number...

 

[kenrippy]

here's a thought, although not likely....but i fell victim to it w/ the ip35 pro;

when i plugged the pata ide cable into the mobo (long end of cable w/ blue connector), i had it turned around the wrong way. the supplied cable from abit didn't come with a "nub" on it to ensure it was in correctly in the little slot. so i plugged it in and it actually pushed one of the center pins out through it's little spot in line with the rest of the pins. i was able to push it back and turn the cable around and plug it in correctly. after that i got my pata devices back.

 

[stag3]

nec 7170a burner, not to old, maybe 6 mos?
the cable only fits in one way on the board because of the notch thing.
it will also only fit one way on the pata burner because of the pin alignment.

still trying to get it recognized..

 

[JackMDS]

If every thing checks OK, do waht SerpentRoyal posted above.

The Abit IP-35 are "Royal" boards (nothing to do with SerpentRoya), as "Royals they do Not do what you want. they do what they want, and when they get "upset" with you it seems that they make small changes to the BIOS.

I experience trouble with the poor single IDE too, the SATA ports work better.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
If every thing checks OK, do waht SerpentRoyal posted above.

The Abit IP-35 are "Royal" boards (nothing to do with SerpentRoya), as "Royals they do Not do what you want. they do what they want, and when they get "upset" with you it seems that they make small changes to the BIOS.

I experience trouble with the poor single IDE too, the SATA ports work better.

Once the BIOS is whacked, then you need to reload...preferrably with the WB switch. I have seen a few funky JMicro IDE controllers, so it is possible that you have a bad board.

Also check for damaged IDE pins.