IDE channels

trekrider · Posted: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:29:54 Post Subject: IDE channels

What might cause an IDE channel to go bad?

Spire · Posted: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 13:47:39 Post Subject:

Bolt of lightning, #2 Philips screwdriver, Guacamole in the connector, flamethrower, well placed grenade, either one of my kids, the wife, anyone I have ever known, my brother-in-law who can't find the soldering iron to install his new FX card and calls to borrow mine, ummmm... Am I helping out here????

The whole channel is bad? Not the drives and/or the cables? Strange. COuld it be driver related?

Thats a tough one Trek, PCI ATA controller cards are cheap nowdays. Get one with all the goodies like RAID and stuff.

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

Highpoint ATA133 RAID controllers w/room for 8 harddisks is only $96.00 at newegg. Highpoint 465 I believe it is...

Grin

trekrider · Posted: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 23:02:48 Post Subject:

My old KT7A-Raid mobo was giving me problems before I upgraded to this ASUS A7N8X Dlx mobo. Not the whole mobo...just the IDE channels/cable's/HDD's

Now granted, I was working with a Suspect IBM 75GXP HDD. but...I tried several cables, both IBM HDD's and still I could not get a dependable connection.

So, other than me pulling the cables off, putting the cables on...off/on/off/on...

What could cause an IDE channel to go bad?

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 23:47:47 Post Subject:

Overclocking might kill it... they rely on the psi bus, which can get flaky on overclocks, especially on older boards... Or maybe a short? Bent pin? I dunno...

Standard IDE PCI adaptors are pretty cheap... I just sold a 4 channel ATA-100 one to Dud3! for liek $15...