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| Thread ID: 103079 | 2009-09-11 23:04:00 | Creative I/O ULTRA ATA IDE Controller Card installation PROBLEMS. | art789 (15230) | Press F1 |
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| 809095 | 2009-09-16 22:34:00 | hello? i hope someone can still help me with this. so, since the last time this is what ive done. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : I installed windows xp pro from usb on the hard and the drive was connected to the mobo. The cd drive was not in use and not plugged in. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : After installation i booted up into windows xp and it detected the Ultra raid card and i installed the drivers using again my usb drive instead of using a crappy floppy or the cd drive. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : So now that i have windows on the hard drive and the drivers for the ultra raid card installed on the hard drive I turned off the PC, disconnected the hard drive from the motherboard and connected it to the Ultra raid card which was connected to a PCI slot. and i re-connected the cd drive to its original post which i was using for the hard drive. : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : italic; "> : #444444; font-style : italic; "> : Everything should have worked fine and i should have been able to boot up into windows from the hard drive connected to the pci card but nope. I also went into the bios and checked so that it can boot from any installed PCI cards, i just dont know what to do . I was wondering, is it possible if i can video tape myself going through the process and then uploading it here for someone to see. or if someone would like to see me on webcam? i dont have to see them. thanks again in advance for taking the time and effor to help. bye...im sooo sleeepy |
art789 (15230) | ||
| 809096 | 2009-09-16 23:04:00 | It may be possible that your PCI card does not actually support booting from drives connected to it. Is there anything on the packaging or manuals that suggest it can be used for booting? (I am currently researching online in an attempt to find an answer to this myself) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 809097 | 2009-09-16 23:20:00 | Well it would appear that you can boot from it The manual I looked at said that your BIOS should be set to boot from 'SCSI Device' It seems you also have to choose your boot drive in the RAID BIOS setup... Do you get a message on your PC when you startup that looks like the one I have attached? If so, does it detect your hard drive? If it does, hit Ctrl+F/E as it says, and check the settings to make sure it has your drive selected for booting. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 809098 | 2009-09-17 17:59:00 | yes it does show that message, and it does detect my hard drive, it has it showed by name, my hard drives name is a Quantum fireball hard drive, and i DID press CTRL + F to get to the set up for the card, and then i selected option #1: Automatic setup. and i selected IDE, becuz that is the only one it would let me select becuz the others were for more than one drive being attached to the card. and as fas as the bios , i went to the second option called ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES>HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY> (but all it had was this 1. BOOTABLE ADD-IN CARDS. (and i tried pressing enter but nothing happened. ) and the only other thing i checked in the BIOS was in the PnP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS, all it to choose were the following: INIT DISPLAY FIRST: [PCI SLOT] OR [ONBOARD] i have it to PCI SLOT, then the next one is RESET CONFIGURATION DATA: its set to [DISABLED] next is RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY :[AUTO(ESCD)] but the other option is MANUAL. i have it set to AUTO. and thats all i have checked on. hope this helps. thanks. |
art789 (15230) | ||
| 809099 | 2009-09-17 18:06:00 | ps: ill make the video and see if i can upload it here or put a link up or something. bye. | art789 (15230) | ||
| 809100 | 2009-09-17 19:18:00 | I think that "Agent_24" wrote it when writing : "The manual I looked at said that your BIOS should be set to boot from 'SCSI Device' " But one thing I don't understand is how so many experienced people can avoid for so long to ask the obvious question : Could we please be informed what is the exact Make , Model and version number of your MOTHERBOARD ??? If we have this information we might be able get hold of a PDF manual for your board and look what setting you have to do with... Also your motherboard might need a BIOS update (?) - who knows ? |
FIAT LUX (15168) | ||
| 809101 | 2009-09-17 20:04:00 | i put the video of me booting up my computer as well as the BIOS video on youtube. here is the link, hope it helps, sorry for crappy camera. i tried my best. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com i got this from the Belarc System Advisor: System model: RadiSys Endura EM945G Main circuit Board: Board: Foxconn Endura EM945G Serial Number:50405594 BIOS: Phoenix technologies, LTD 5J1R2P29 10/24/2006 hope this helps |
art789 (15230) | ||
| 809102 | 2009-09-17 20:38:00 | i put the video of me booting up my computer as well as the BIOS video on youtube . here is the link, hope it helps, sorry for crappy camera . i tried my best . . youtube . com/watch?v=TMFn3_Cy6zQ" target="_blank">www . youtube . com . youtube . com/watch?v=YgBSuAEL-js&feature=channel" target="_blank">www . youtube . com . youtube . com/watch?v=WMw_NzL7gtM" target="_blank">www . youtube . com i got this from the Belarc System Advisor: System model: RadiSys Endura EM945G Main circuit Board: Board: Foxconn Endura EM945G Serial Number:50405594 BIOS: Phoenix technologies, LTD 5J1R2P29 10/24/2006 hope this helps OK ! Thanks ! You claim "Foxconn Endura EM945G" to be your motherboard , it appears to be marketed under another name , but you do however have supllied us with ample information in your text . Thanks ! Your board got to be , from your description, "RadiSys Endura EM945G ( . radisys . com/Downloads/Endura-EM945G . html" target="_blank">www . radisys . com)" , Board description manual is here ( . radisys . com/files/support_downloads/Endura%20EM945G%20Product%20Manual%20April%202006 . " target="_blank">www . radisys . com pdf) , and BIOS description manual is here ( . radisys . com/files/support_downloads/Endura%20945G%20BIOS%20Manual%200406 . pdf" target="_blank">www . radisys . com) . If that is your motherboard ("RadiSys Endura EM945G ( . radisys . com/Downloads/Endura-EM945G . html" target="_blank">www . radisys . com)") then there is newer BIOS' , newest appear to be "945 MB - BIOS P34 P34 07/ 30/ 2008 1,924K ( . radisys . com/files/support_downloads/5J1R2P34 . zip" target="_blank">www . radisys . com)" . Do however notice that it is YOUR sole responsebility to check if this is the right board and to assess if the BIOS will match your motherboard , also flashing your motherboard is at your own responsebility !!! It would appear that you need to enter the part of the BIOS called "Advanced BIOS Features" and there under either "Hard Disk Boot Priority" or "First Boot Device", "Second Boot Device" or "Third Boot Device" to setup your motherboard to boot from "SCSI" . !!! This is my best assessment at the moment please try to follow my advice and then kindly report back to us , thank you ! |
FIAT LUX (15168) | ||
| 809103 | 2009-09-17 21:23:00 | well like i said, i got that info from the Belarc system advisor, and that info is usually right isnt it? and since my computer is open im looking at the mobo right now and it says: (C) copyright RadiSys Technologies Ireland LTD. EM945G uATX REV: 1.0 hope this helps. so the link i clicked on for the new bios, do i just copy that zip file to my hard drive and install each file or should i add that zip to my usb and boot from the usb? im gonna look at a youtube video to see if they can also help on how to update BIOS. thanks again and will report back. |
art789 (15230) | ||
| 809104 | 2009-09-17 21:44:00 | well like i said, i got that info from the Belarc system advisor, and that info is usually right isnt it? and since my computer is open im looking at the mobo right now and it says: (C) copyright RadiSys Technologies Ireland LTD. EM945G uATX REV: 1.0 hope this helps. so the link i clicked on for the new bios, do i just copy that zip file to my hard drive and install each file or should i add that zip to my usb and boot from the usb? im gonna look at a youtube video to see if they can also help on how to update BIOS. thanks again and will report back. Sorry ! , "art789" , for overlooking the "Belarc system advisor" stuff ect. , I just focused on the information I needed and because I were in a hurry I overlooked the rest , sorry , I was not trying to be impolite. Actualy the downloadable BIOS file got a description , but what a mess they have made of that Zip file - you'll see if you try to unzip it. The way one flashes a bios is by (FRESHLY and securely!) formatting a floppy disk while checking the box "transfer system files" - use an un-tainted/problem free system for that. Then examine if the disk got enough room for the bios image and the flash tool and the small bat file and if the disk has not got enough room, then if not enough space on floppy disk then erase non essential system files until the floppydisk can hold the 3 files , transfer the files to the floppy and boot on floppy disk , run the bat file and flash the BIOS , then reset PC , enter BIOS , load BIOS defaults and setup your BIOS . The name of the 3 files are 5J1R2P34.bin , AWDFLASH.exe and R2P34.bat , total size = 571/576 KB actual size/space taken on harddrive. |
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