IDE device configuration.

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Just purchased an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe. After reading the manual, I'm still
confused as to how to configure a single SATA (boot) hard drive and three
optical drives (CD-ROM, CD-RW & DVD-ROM). I have no interest in the RAID
option.

Thanks in advance.
 
The ICH5R South Bridge has two UltraDMA100 connectors and two SATA
connectors. Your three optical drives can go onto the two UltraDMA100
connectors as primary master/slave and secondary master, for example. Your
SATA boot drive can go onto one of the two SATA connectors.

Regards,
Dave
 
Secondary said:
Just purchased an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe. After reading the manual, I'm still
confused as to how to configure a single SATA (boot) hard drive and three
optical drives (CD-ROM, CD-RW & DVD-ROM). I have no interest in the RAID
option.
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Were you aware you could get a CD-ROM, CD-RW and DVD-ROM in one drive?

Connect all your drives, and set the boot drive in the Boot section of the
BIOS setup. Shouldn't really matter how you connect the IDE devices so long
as you use CS or correct Master/Slave settings.
 
If its like the P4P800 (non-deluxe)
which is raid 0 ONLY. The sata drivers
came on the CD. I think the file you're
after is make(something).exe on your CD.

You need to have a spare floppy and run this file
and extract the sata drivers to it..

It also depends on which version of Windows
you're using. XP is native. Win 98/others
are not. If you are using XP, you're
meant to install the sata drivers, when you do
a clean install of XP. You chuck the CD in
install XP from CD, Press F6, put that floppy
in and hopefully the XP install will find the floppy
and install the sata drivers during the install.

In BIOS, set the sata to primary/master , set it as
SATA in the IDE config. And it should work.

And depending on which of the CD's are
primary/secondary masters/slaves. Just go into
the BIOS, On IDE 1 / primary /master/slave
just go into its submenu, and select AUTO then
ESC. Do the same for the secondary IDE.

I wouldnt really worry about installing the CD.

The DVD and the CDRW can read CD's.
 
If its like the P4P800 (non-deluxe)
which is raid 0 ONLY. The sata drivers
came on the CD. I think the file you're
after is make(something).exe on your CD.
Click to expand...
You need to have a spare floppy and run this file
and extract the sata drivers to it..

It also depends on which version of Windows
you're using. XP is native. Win 98/others
are not. If you are using XP, you're
meant to install the sata drivers, when you do
a clean install of XP. You chuck the CD in
install XP from CD, Press F6, put that floppy
in and hopefully the XP install will find the floppy
and install the sata drivers during the install.
Click to expand...

Do you need to do this if you do not plan on configuring the SATA
controller for RAID?
In BIOS, set the sata to primary/master , set it as
SATA in the IDE config. And it should work.

And depending on which of the CD's are
primary/secondary masters/slaves. Just go into
the BIOS, On IDE 1 / primary /master/slave
just go into its submenu, and select AUTO then
ESC. Do the same for the secondary IDE.

I wouldnt really worry about installing the CD.

The DVD and the CDRW can read CD's.
Click to expand...

Ron
 
I think so yup Milleron.

I'm using one 120 gb SATA hdd as a primary
master on the P4P800, alongside an 80
gb IDE hdd (master primary, with XP on it).

The P4P800 has 2 primary channels. One for IDE
and the other for SATA. Not as RAID 0.

And the info I put in the newsgroup previously,
I think this is/would be the easiest way to do it,
if the SATA isnt the main hdd, as in my case.
(or even if its the only hdd you use for XP).

Also, I noted, since I didnt create the floppy
first, altho the BIOS found the SATA hdd,
and so did XP, since I didnt create the floppy
and install the SATA drivers during install
XP couldnt see the hdd / and the SATA hdd
didnt appear in My Computer / you couldnt
see it! So, in the end, I had to reinstall XP on the
SATA to format it, (the main IDE still had XP
on it from the previous install), then boot from
the IDE hdd again. And then reformat the SATA hdd again lol in Windows XP.
To get rid of XP on the
SATA. I'll remember next time, to
make the floppy to make it easier!
 
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