IDE1 port does not detect any devices

[lordkosc]

I have a Epox 9NPA+ Ultra board.

My IDE1 port does not detect any devices, not my hard drives nor my DVD-RW drive.

In my IDE0 port I have two WD 160 GIG HDDs that work fine except they can only be seen useing cable select, I cannot set one to master and one to slave if I do that they are not seen in the BIOS.

I can plug a cable from my DVD-RW drive into the IDE0 port it sees the burner, but if I plug it into the IDE1 port it does not see the burner.

I have WINDOWS XP pro on one of the 160 gig hard drives, plugged into IDE0, it works fine. If I plug it into IDE1 it says the hard drive is corrupt.

SO RECAP ... IDE1 cannot see any optical drives, and it tells me that any and or all hard drives I plug into it are corrupt.

This is the 2nd Epox 9NPA+ Ultra board I have tried this week. I figured the first one had a bad IDE port so I RMA'ed it, and now the replacement has the EXACT same prolbem, so it must be driver or software related.

I really could use some help...

 

[montag451]

Are the optical drives set as master and slave?
Try one at a time - set as master in the secondary channel (IDE1) and see if they show.

 

[CLyps0]

Usually you only use a jumper on the secondary Hardrive and you need to set it on the correct pin. Should have a sticker on the front of the Hardrive.

 

[lordkosc]

Yeah , I only have 1 Optical drive on IDE1 , and I've tried setting it to Master, Slave, and Cable Select, none of the settings are recognized by the BIOS nor is it seen in CMOS, when I check it shows IDE1 set to auto and no drives present. Its weird... This is the 2nd Epox board I have bought this week, same problem on both boards so it has to be software related... I am going to try a Bios upgrade and see what happens.... Any other ideas???

 

[montag451]

What drive is it?
Have you checked manufacturer's site to see if there are any noted problems with your mobo, or check the mobo manufacturer etc