[ale] sata dvd burner

[Geoffrey]

Jason Fritcher wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> I should likely clarify though.  When I said it wouldn't boot, it does 
>> run through post and all, but apparently it's confused as to where the 
>> boottable drives are.  I've got the box set up to boot from cd right 
>> now and I see the message where it says it's trying to boot from cd, 
>> which I always see before it boots from the hard drive.  With the sata 
>> dvd burner installed, it never get's past the 'booting from cd' message.
> 
> I tried using a PCI SATA card in a machine awhile ago, and never could 
> get it to work if both the on-card and on-board ports were in use at the 
> same time. One or the other was fine, but never both. The BIOS on the 
> card and MB conflicted and just would not work together. Its possible 
> you're seeing the same type of problem.

That sounds very much like my situation.  I should have gotten a card 
with four ports instead of two. :(

Thanks.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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