Hard Drive Controllers gone screwy!
This is a discussion about Hard Drive Controllers gone screwy! in the Windows Hardware category; I upgraded the bios on my KT7A-RAID today, which has caused some unusual side effects. In Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, I now have the following: Primary BM ULTRA DMA Channel Primary IDE Channel < Exclamation Mark Secondary IDE Channel VIA Busmaster IDE Controller Now, earlier I had totally lo ...
I upgraded the bios on my KT7A-RAID today, which has caused some unusual side effects.
In Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, I now have the following:
Primary BM ULTRA DMA Channel
Primary IDE Channel <---------- Exclamation Mark
Secondary IDE Channel
VIA Busmaster IDE Controller
Now, earlier I had totally lost my CD-RW drive which is on the secondary channel. At this point, the Primary IDE, Secondary IDE and a Secondary BM ULTRA DMA Channel were all exclamated.
I uninstalled the Seconday BM ULTRA DMA one, which has returned the CD-RW to me, but I'm unsure whether I'm still getting the same drive performance from my system with drivers being disabled.
I can only assume its because of the BIOS change, I have no idea otherwise.
Athlon 1.2Ghz
768Mb RAM
Abit KT7A-RAID (Bios Rev: 4A)
Geforce 3
SB Live Player 5.1
Windows XP Pro
Heh, seems this week my pc has decided to be a stubborn little git.
Thanks in advance,
Homer
I forgot to add, I installed the new VIA Busmaster driver earlier last week, but everything was ok after it.
In Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, I now have the following:
Primary BM ULTRA DMA Channel
Primary IDE Channel <---------- Exclamation Mark
Secondary IDE Channel
VIA Busmaster IDE Controller
Now, earlier I had totally lost my CD-RW drive which is on the secondary channel. At this point, the Primary IDE, Secondary IDE and a Secondary BM ULTRA DMA Channel were all exclamated.
I uninstalled the Seconday BM ULTRA DMA one, which has returned the CD-RW to me, but I'm unsure whether I'm still getting the same drive performance from my system with drivers being disabled.
I can only assume its because of the BIOS change, I have no idea otherwise.
Athlon 1.2Ghz
768Mb RAM
Abit KT7A-RAID (Bios Rev: 4A)
Geforce 3
SB Live Player 5.1
Windows XP Pro
Heh, seems this week my pc has decided to be a stubborn little git.
Thanks in advance,
Homer
I forgot to add, I installed the new VIA Busmaster driver earlier last week, but everything was ok after it.
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Check that all your BIOS settings are correct (flashing the BIOS resets most of the settings). If that doesn't help, try downgrading the BIOS to the version it was at before.
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Everything was running fine for a couple of days, but I still wasn't happy with the driver situation... I removed the new VIA Busmaster Driver, and now suffer a familiar BSOD on bootup.
Guess that I can reinstall over the top of my installation to correct it, but won't be able to try that till tonight.
Homer
Guess that I can reinstall over the top of my installation to correct it, but won't be able to try that till tonight.
Homer
