how to activate promise controller on a7v133 -- won't boot

[Pyramix]

Okay, here's what I did. I plugged the two drives to the promise controller. Upon booting it first tries to detect the drives connected to the south bridge. Then it detects the two drives connected to the promise controller (hard-drive and dvd). But then it says, disk boot failure, insert proper disk and press enter. It doesn't go past that. How do I tell it to boot from the hard-drive connected to the promise controller?

pyramix

 

[gcliv]

Do you need to install the drivers for the promise controller?

 

[Pyramix]

Don't know if I need them, but I have them installed anyways. So, that shouldn't be a problem.

Pyramix

 

[Sundog]

Go into your BIOS and make sure to set it to boot off of SCSI first and not IDE.

 

[Leo V]

Pyramix, here is what you do: in the Boot section of the BIOS, make sure ATA100 is selected under the 4th choice, instead of None or Network device. (The SCSI/ATA selection won't fix anything.)

 

[Sundog]

Sorry, fixed my A7V--not the 133 though. That was before it got punted for MB problems.

 

[Pyramix]

Thanks, Leo.

Pyramix