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August 27th 04, 12:17 PM
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ICP SCSI-RAID-Controller hides other PCI card BIOS
Hiya,
I got a ICP Vortex GDT6118RD U2W-RAID-Controller and use it together with a Promise SX4000 IDE-RAID PCI Controller Card. Upon Boot only the ICP BIOS Screen shows up but the Promise Controller Card BIOS doesnt. (unless I remove the ICP card and use the Promise card alone) so the IDE-RAID card remains unconfigured after Booting. The PCI 2.x Spec says the Mainboard BIOS is responsible to copy the expansion ROM (BIOS) to Main memory for every PCI device and execute it during the boot process. So maybe a motherboard BIOS bug? Or does the ICP card hide the Promise BIOS? Any ideas? Thanks, Thomas 
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August 27th 04, 04:58 PM
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Try switching the cards between PCI slots. Thomas Hoehn wrote: Hiya, I got a ICP Vortex GDT6118RD U2W-RAID-Controller and use it together with a Promise SX4000 IDE-RAID PCI Controller Card. Upon Boot only the ICP BIOS Screen shows up but the Promise Controller Card BIOS doesnt. (unless I remove the ICP card and use the Promise card alone) so the IDE-RAID card remains unconfigured after Booting. The PCI 2.x Spec says the Mainboard BIOS is responsible to copy the expansion ROM (BIOS) to Main memory for every PCI device and execute it during the boot process. So maybe a motherboard BIOS bug? Or does the ICP card hide the Promise BIOS? Any ideas? Thanks, Thomas -- When replying by Email include NewSGrouP (case sensitive) in Subject Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
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August 28th 04, 10:10 AM
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Mike Walsh wrote:
Try switching the cards between PCI slots. That was the 1st I've tried. Doesnt work. Thomas Hoehn wrote: Hiya, I got a ICP Vortex GDT6118RD U2W-RAID-Controller and use it together with a Promise SX4000 IDE-RAID PCI Controller Card. Upon Boot only the ICP BIOS Screen shows up but the Promise Controller Card BIOS doesnt. (unless I remove the ICP card and use the Promise card alone) so the IDE-RAID card remains unconfigured after Booting. The PCI 2.x Spec says the Mainboard BIOS is responsible to copy the expansion ROM (BIOS) to Main memory for every PCI device and execute it during the boot process. So maybe a motherboard BIOS bug? Or does the ICP card hide the Promise BIOS? Any ideas? Thanks, Thomas
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