9.04 can't find second hard drive.

[Mark Haney]

Shahar Dag wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I can suggest:
> upgrade the BIOS
> try to manually specify the HD to the BIOS


You know, I'm one of those people who really dislikes recommending
upgrading the BIOS.  BIOS upgrades can be so finicky, and I've bricked
more than my fair share of MBs because of crappy BIOS upgrade methods.

That said, I do think, if one is available, I would consider doing it.
However, after following the thread a little longer (and ignoring Karl's
silly posts) I still think the drive should be tested on a known working
 IDE machine to make sure the drive is still good.

To me, upgrading the BIOS is too risky unless we know for sure the IDE
drive is functional.  If it's not, then a BIOS upgrade would be
pointless and would risk the MB to no real purpose.



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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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