but i quess that you physically need to undo the primary IDE cable???
thought i did it though , like i said they are haunted!!
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> "Pete Rynas" <r566b.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> ECS tech finally got it through to me that there is a hardware
>> issue --you
>> can't have a primary IDE and a SATA? so i disabled the primary channel
>> and
>> it found the SATA drive "0' Master right away - no need to use the f6
>> option
>> during setup ect. thanks for the help
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> Glad you got it straightened out, but you did say in your original post
> that it
> also didn't work " by itself with primsary and secondary IDE channels
> disabled
> and SATA only". Hmmm.
>
> >> Stay informed about: SATA FIX!!