Trying to boot from SCSI hd with Intel VC820!! HELP!!

[SuperVisor]

I have just "upgraded" my SCSI (Adaptec 2940UW) system (CDRW, HD, CDROM) from an ASUS P2B mobo with a PII-400 to an Intel VC820 with a PIII-800. I used to be able to boot from the SCSI hd, now with the VC820, it only looks for a floppy when booting. It does not see my SCSI stuff at all. (Although the Adaptec card does show up during post, as well as all the SCSI drives and their addresses).

I have upgraded the mobo to version P16-0036. I set the boot order to Adaptec 2940UW first and floppy second.

I was able to get the drive to boot only after I removed the CD and the CDRW from the chain. If they are all connected, it boots from the floppy only. I don't know if there is something on the supplied CD that might help since I can only boot the system if the CD drives are not connected. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

 

[Bartman39]

Sounds like a problem in the bios of the 2940UW card not your MB`s bios... I remember something about making the CDrom drives bootable from within the bios of the 2940UW... check all the settings there it may be a default setting that needs to be changed???

 

[SuperVisor]

Thanks for your reply, Bartman. I did some searching around and found that it is a known problem with the VC820 and certain SCSI cards. The work-around for now is to disable the boot option for the cdrom(s). Intel is suppose to come out with a fix with the next bios release.