Problem with Secondary IDE on KT7-E

[MiniThug]

I'm building a system for a friend and have everything put together, fired it up, and nothing on the secondary ide channel is recognized. I first thought it may be a problem with the burner (the only thing on the channel) so I tried another drive on it. No go. Then I moved them around, everything on the first channel works fine, still nothing on the second. I switched cables out. Still nothing. I cant think of anything else to try. Could it be a bad motherboard? Is there anything else I can do? Its brand new so I guess I should RMA it? I'm also having problems with the floppy drive reading disks, but at least its recognized. Its giving me a Disk I/O error. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

 

[wasnlos]

for the IDE-problem, did you consider the cable being bad and tried another one,
and tried another power-connector for the drives?

for the FLOPPY-problem, is the LED on the FLOPPY constantly lit, if so connect the data-cable the opposite way on the floppy?

 

[MiniThug]

Yes, I have tried different cables because that was one of the first things that came to mind. That still didnt work. And yes, it seems as if I connect the cable the other way on the floppy it still doesnt work. Any other ideas?

 

[knutp]

And try either before the twist or after. Depends on wheere you got the floppy connected now.

 

[wasnlos]

you could try another power supply or at least play around with the power-connectors for the devices not recognized or causing trouble. if you did that already, i have no further advice, sorry.

 

[MiniThug]

I've already tried hooking up different power connectors and that didnt help at all. I think my power supply should be fine, its a brand new Enlight 300watt. But then again this is a new board and I guess its not working right so you never know. Any other ideas?

 

[RobSan]

Sounds pretty elementary, but make sure that both IDE channels are enabled in CMOS.