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VH6
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:39 am
by Noel
I have an Abit VH6 with both IDE cannot detect hard drives. Is bios update necessary to fix the problem?
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:00 pm
by edwin
Have you got a small harddisk to test with? Something like 10 or 20GB? In the mean time I'll check and see if there's an updated bios with a fix or if we can fix it ourselves if no update available.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:08 pm
by edwin
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/bio ... &model=113
Flash the latest version as it is fixed for large harddisks. That "and above" statement is wrong, 137GB is the limit.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:53 pm
by Noel
Thnx edwin
But the thing hard drives big or small capacity, cdrom drives or any optical drives are not detected. Pls help.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:59 pm
by cp
(double-)check the ide cabeling, check the jumpers on the drives (master/slave) and check if the ide controllers are enabled in the bios.
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:05 am
by Noel
cp wrote:(double-)check the ide cabeling, check the jumpers on the drives (master/slave) and check if the ide controllers are enabled in the bios.
@ cp: Thnx for the quick reply.
I have done/check those items but still it wont detect any IDE hard drives and optical drives. Both IDE1 and IDE2. Does the bios has something to do with it?
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:24 pm
by edwin
I fear the controller has died then

Have you got any add-in IDE cards (ISA or PCI)? If so, disable the onboard controllers (not the disk options) power down, put in add-in controller card and try again. If it finds the drives the board is on its way out....
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:45 pm
by Noel
@ edwin:
Thank you for the reply. I agree with you.
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:56 pm
by cp
just for the protocol: a dead ide controller is possible, but _very_ _very_ rare. i'd flash the latest bios, load default settings in the bios and check the drives & cables again (maybe on another machine).
you could download (debian) linux installation floppy disks and connect the disks to the ide port waiting for the kernel to query the ide ports. maybe something interesting comes up ;)
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:40 pm
by edwin
I agree it's very rare but this board is old enough to be a candidate... I think I've kicked out 3 or 4 boards now on a total of 200 so it's not THAT uncommon to see one every now and then.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:03 am
by Noel
Thanks for the inputs guys. Appreciate it. I agree and maybe if I have time I will have to tinker the motherboard to see if something interesting will come up too.