~~Help Booting up the computer~~

[paradox0521]

Fixed Disk 1: C Drive (primary master using onboard IDE controller)
Fixed Disk 3: E Drive (HHD is attached to a PCI IDE controller card and it
set to single drive)

(note: CMOS see's my PCI IDE controller card as a SCSI device plus, the IDE
controller card is in #1 PCI slot, although when I set it to book from the IDE controller card, the computer boots through memory check, onboard IDE, does the bios for the IDE and SCSI card, then prompts me to reboot - and it will do that all day long while I just keep rebooting)

A. Should I set drive to from a single drive (the jumpers) to primary master
B. Should I just attach my primary master/slave to the IDE controller card and have no onboard primary master/slave (just on the card)

Here is my deal:

I have -

Asus P3B-F motherboard, PII/400mhz CPU

All IDE:
Western Digital HHD - Primary Master
HP CDRW - Primary Slave
Maxtor HHD IDE - Secondary Master
Samsung DVD ROM - Secondary Slave

SCSI:
01 - Western Digital HHD
02 - Segate HHD
03 - Plextor CD ROM
04 - Scanport Scanner

IDE Controller Card:
Western Digital ATA/100 HHD (jumpers are set to single drive only, not
primary master)

Currently, my computer boots using the Western Digital IDE HHD (primary
Master using the onboard IDE). I am seeking to make my compute boot using the Western Digital
ATA/100 HHD (IDE) that's on the controller card. Bios is updated too.
Any possible way I can get my system to boot from the IDE Controller card?
Is that at all possible while having a primary master? Do I need to adjust
the jumpers on the HHD's? Any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanx in
advance.

 

[AC]

u probably need to contact asus about specs for ordering a compatible bios for that board

since the p3b-f has been discontinued, bios support is minimal, so u might have to purchase a bios from phoenix or other bios manufacturers

i had to do this with my old 486

 

[XeonTux]

damn you have alot of drives

You said your BIOS sees the ATA/100 card as a SCSI card. You also have a real SCSI card. When you are picking the boot order, can you pick from both cards or just a generic "boot from scsi"? Does the SCSI card have any jumpers that might make it submissive to other controllers? Can you boot from the ATA/100 when the SCSI card is removed? When it prompts to reboot what does it say?

Your option "A" = NO unless you do option "B", which I don't think you should have to do

If it comes down to it and you can't get it to work you could always just put a boot manager on the on-board IDE drive to run your OS off the ATA/100 drive. Quite frankly if I had your setup I would run my OS from one of the SCSI drives unless they're really old!