SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

I am using a new Biostar N68S+ (NVIDIA nforce serial ATA controller) with an AMD 7850 processor.


It has one std. IDE channel and 4 SATA channels

It seems to boot fine with two IDE hard drives; when I added the SATA DVD/CD RW drive, at first boot, the system (BIOS) recognized this; but it got hung up - computer locked up.


Upon subsequent boots, the DVD/CD was not recognized.


I also remember earlier that when I had one IDE HD connected , the
system would recognize the SATA channel - meaning a DVD/CD drive


What gives here? I have heard of this problem before but never saw a
solution - is there an inherent problem mixing IDE and SATA devices on
one motherboard? Or just on this Biostar mboard?


Help!!!

Reply 1 : SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

If the BIOS has some setting that gives access to all drives then we use that. HOWEVER if the owner wants to save the installed OS, then we have a problem as Windows hates it when we change the machine underneath it. YES YOU ARE CHANGING THE MACHINE. Changing what config the IDE/SATA channels is as close as .999... is to 1.0.

There are folk that can't wrap there head about this one but my advice is simple. Setup the drives before the OS install and then never change it.

If this is XP, I don't want to hear (more) complaints about the F6 Floppy install.
Bob

Reply 2 : SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

thanks, but this was a new install, meaning fresh format and new install of windows XP; I didn't think to set the boot sequence or devices before installing windows.

The current bios clearly has an option for adding the SATA device but when I post , the boot menu shows it as not installed. As I said , it did boot up the first time then not any more

i wrote to Biostar and they suggested I update the BIOS, which I can do but the board has a Phoenix BIOS and Biostar only refers to AMI and AWARD.

I wrote them back and am waiting for another replay but I really don't expect much help; I checked all 4 SATA ports and changed SATA cables twice

Any further ideas?



Thanks very much

Reply 3 : SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

so no one can answer my reply to the first reply because I posed it as a question?

I guess I am confused - how do I ask for help?

my issue is still the same -

Reply 4 : SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

It makes discussions difficult. Can't reply to your last comment.

Reply 5 : SATA AND IDE Drives don't work together on new mboard

When you post it as a question you make it harder to have a discussion.

It's a new forum feature.
Bob