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Microstar K7T Pro2-a problem w/Primary IDE

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jyp

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Last night I was modifying the Power management in the BIOS and when ever I shutdown the system it'll boot up right back up again. This happened few times even after I modified the BIOS and all of sudden it won't even boot up. It wasn't detecting the HDD which is in Primary master IDE1. I removed the connector to IDE1 and connected to IDE2 which was occupied with CD-ROM and It boot up fine with exception with IRQ conflict with Modem.

Does this mean my IDE1 is gone? Would I need a new motherboard? I don't know if it's under warranty because it's been less than a year ago I bought this MB from a vendor.

Is there a way around not using IDE1 and still use CD-ROM? I thought I connect cable coming off of HDD to CD-ROM but that didn't work. How would I connect CD-ROM now IDE2 is occupied with HDD?

Any suggestion would be helpful.

Thanks,

James
 
try restoring the default settings in the bios. If that doesn't work try the safe settings and go from there

Other than that and as a last resort you can add another controller cardand run the HDD off that.
 
I did try both safe and default bios but it didn't detect the HDD.

I wonder if it has manufacture warranty. If not how do you use controller card?

jyp
 
this board often has problems booting and it's probably not your IDE. it just happens that the boot hangs while it is detecting it. pretty soon you won't even get that far when it doesn't post. i had two die on me in a similar fashion so i just decided to get another board.
 
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