On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:26:54 -0700, Baldy wrote:

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:23:50 +0100, "3200+" wrote:


I am running exactly the same arrangement as you. I am using BIOS 1006 and
the very latest driver pack from the nVidia site.

I am not seeing the same problems as you. I am unable to suggest any
remedies to your particular problem other than:

Flash up to 1006
Clear the CMOS
Set to Defaults
Replace DMA66 cable to Optical Drives
Check Master/Slave settings on Optical Drives, and reverse them to see if it
will play ball the other way around.
Uninstall your current nVidia driver pack
Install latest nVidia driver pack.

HTH


Admittedly your advice is the only thing that I didn't try (BIOS patch
and nVidia latest release pack). I'm surprised that nobody else has
come across this same glitch but I suspect that this particular system
that I'm setting up for a client is sort of just a half-assed gamer
system. Can't figure out why anyone would want to run this mobo with
just one All-In-Wonder video card and just one 100GB non-SATA HD.

Lately I've noticed several chipset manufacturers all touting their
latest and greatest IDE drivers, i.e. ViaTech. Two weeks ago I had a
similar problem with the new VIA IDE drivers (not to be confused with
their 4-in-1 driver pack). Those VIA drivers looked nifty and glitzy
on the properties sheet tab but caused many disk access errors. Once
they were removed, the standard MS drivers worked flawlessly. So I'm a
little gunshy about even trying nVidia's latest attempt to join the
masses. Maybe one I feel luckier..........

Baldy

From all I've heard, the nVidia IDE drivers should not be installed.
From my own experience: I tried them a few months ago, but had to
remove them because they kept setting my DVD burner to PIO mode.