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"Ultra100 bios is not installed" FIC motherboard, HELP!

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Passions

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I get this "detecting" error at the bootup and then it says ultra100 bios is not installed. How do i get rid of it. I have an FIC AN11 motherboard, I tried switching the raid jumpers but it doesn't work.

> Ultra 100 (tm) BIOS Version 2.01.0 (Build 43)
> (c) 1999-2001 PROMISE Technology, Inc, All Rights Reserved

> Detecting /
 
If you have no drives connected to the RAID Controller IDE ports, it will inform you with a message that the "Ultra100 bios is not installed".

This is normal (unless you have drives connected to the RAID ports and it is not detecting them).
 
Ethier plug-in a ATA100 drive to one of the RAID ports (you can use them like a regular IDE controller) or just live with it. You can't get rid of that message.
 
Yeah, I tried looking for that, it wasn't there. Tried putting the devices onto promise ide's instead of main ide's, didnt work either. sigh.
 
Quote from page 4 of Promise's FAQ. BTW, the Ultra100 is not a Raid Card, that is the FastTrack100.



<< Question:
What does it mean when I boot the system and the Ultra100 says, ´´BIOS Not Installed´´?

Answer:
Cause: No Hard Drives attached to Ultra100.


Solution: The Ultra100 is fully PnP. This means all the resources that it uses are GIVEN to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard. The Ultra100 does support IRQ sharing, but this will not work unless ALL the concerned devices support IRQ sharing. If your motherboard allows you to control the assignment of these resources, you may be able to remedy the problem by ´´playing around´´ with them. You can also try resetting the configuration data in the CMOS. This is usually an option in the PnP section of the CMOS. The only available settings for this option will be ´´Enabled´´ and ´´Disabled´´. Set it to ´´Enabled´´, save and exit, and reboot. Otherwise, the only way you might be able to affect these assignments is to switch the PCI slot that the card is in. >>



hth,
eplebnista
 
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