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2 I/O card on 386 motherboard
Name: keraf Date: June 11, 2004 at 01:20:04 Pacific OS: Dos / win 31 CPU/Ram: 3
Comment:
Is it possible to use 2 I/O card on 386SX motherboard?....There is only one IDE port available which i've already used it to connect 2HDDs (slave and master)..I want to connect CD-ROM too, but there is no IDE slot left....can I use add more I/O card for the CD-ROM connection
Name: mgd_india Date: June 11, 2004 at 04:04:55 Pacific
Reply:
surely you can use dual channel ide controller card that is coming with 486 systems in your 386 motherboard. and you have to disable your onboard controller in bios.
regards MG, Digital Media World.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: June 11, 2004 at 08:14:17 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
Yes, but if your MB has only 16 bit slots and no PCI, the challenge will be to find a 16 bit IDE controller card.
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Response Number 3
Name: tomker Date: June 11, 2004 at 19:47:42 Pacific
Summary: Several possibilties. Since it happens when using floppy or HD I am going to say the I/O card is either not seated, bad or somehow improperly configured, if it can be configured. Otherwise it coould...
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Summary: 1. Check the jumper - should be set to Master 2. Check that IDE cable is also correctly aligned on I/O controller card port 3. Check in BIOS - is the hard drive detected correctly with correct paramet...
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