I've had my system up and running for over a year with the previous disk config, and things have been great. Unfortunately, I went to add a new SATA drive today, and everything went to hell. 
I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo. Previously, I had 2 drives in service - a 36G Raptor (SATA) boot drive, and a 160G Maxtor IDE drive. The Raptor was plugged into "SATA1" (VIA controller, no RAID), and the Maxtor was primary master.
I plugged in the new SATA drive (WD 3200KS) into "SATA2", and fired it up. Both SATA drives were recognized, but then the system claimed it couldn't find the boot media. I jumped into the BIOS, and discovered that it was now booting to the IDE drive (which has no Windows install). I am unable to select the VIA controller for any boot options when an IDE drive is connected to the system.
I unplugged the new SATA drive, returning the system to it's original config, but it still will not boot (same issues). I removed the IDE drive, and I could then select the VIA controller for boot, and it would start booting Windows. Unfortunately, most of my apps and data are on the IDE drive, so it is a requirement to have that drive active.
Anyone have any ideas? How can I force this mobo to boot from the VIA controller when an IDE drive is present? Seems like such a simple concept...
I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo. Previously, I had 2 drives in service - a 36G Raptor (SATA) boot drive, and a 160G Maxtor IDE drive. The Raptor was plugged into "SATA1" (VIA controller, no RAID), and the Maxtor was primary master.
I plugged in the new SATA drive (WD 3200KS) into "SATA2", and fired it up. Both SATA drives were recognized, but then the system claimed it couldn't find the boot media. I jumped into the BIOS, and discovered that it was now booting to the IDE drive (which has no Windows install). I am unable to select the VIA controller for any boot options when an IDE drive is connected to the system.
I unplugged the new SATA drive, returning the system to it's original config, but it still will not boot (same issues). I removed the IDE drive, and I could then select the VIA controller for boot, and it would start booting Windows. Unfortunately, most of my apps and data are on the IDE drive, so it is a requirement to have that drive active.
Anyone have any ideas? How can I force this mobo to boot from the VIA controller when an IDE drive is present? Seems like such a simple concept...
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