Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware
Titolo: ULTRA 100 Bios and IDEs

Hi, I just finish to install a new computer with dual booting Win XP/2000.
I know it got nothing to do but when I turn on my computer and before the OS
loading I see the following message:
ULTRA 100 Bios Not Installed Because there are no Drivers Attatched
It is strange to see it because before that i never saw it. The only
difference was that at that time I was using the 4 IDEs ports with 2 HD and
2 CD-ROMs and now I'm using 1HD and 1CD-ROM.
Anyone has an idea on how to correct this problem and why It's happening
Thanks,
P.


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It's not really a problem, that's what the Ultra 100 controller is
designed to do if it doesn't find any drives attached.  If you moved
the hard drive to that controller the message should go away, but you
probably don't want to do that, because on any semi-modern system the
add-on controller is slower than the motherboard chipset's integrated
controller (even when they're both running at the same ATA speed) due
to the add-on controller being accessed though the PCI bus instead of
directly by the southbridge.
Since you're now only using two drives, and if you don't plan on soon
adding more drives, you migth remove the add-on controller from the
system if it's a physical PCI card, or disable it in the BIOS setup or
by jumper (consult manual) if it's integrated onto the motherboard.
Without risky modifications to the firmware it's not possible to be
rid of that message when there's no drives attached, at least it's not
possible in any conventional method that I'm aware of.
Dave


Thanks Dave but it was like reading in chinesse. I'm specialist in spanish
literature but not the technical use of it.
Can you explain it in another way or tell me what to do with that.
Thanks...

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You have a controller card in a PCI slot.  No hard drives are attached
to it.  That's because you removed them.  You mention using the 4 IDE
slots.  Motherboards only have 2 IDE slots although some with onboard
IDE RAID will add a couple more which can be use for IDE or RAID.  You
don't bother mentioning your hardware, like the motherboard, so no one
can help you on it.  My assumption is that you have 2 IDE ports on the
motherboard and 2 IDE ports on a daughtercard (the Ultra100).  You
reduced the number of drives and are now only using the IDE ports on the
motherboard.  So the Ultra100 is sitting in a PCI slot but unused.
The message is simply telling you that you have hardware in your machine
that is not getting utilized.  It is informational only and can be
ignored.  You can either ignore the warning or you could remove the
unused Ultra100 controller card.
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That message is not warning you of a problem, it is simply what's
suppposed to happen.  If the system is taking longer to boot because
of this delay right before showing that message, and you consider that
a problem because you don't want to wait that extra few seconds,, then
you need to remove or disable this 2nd drive controller.
To remove or disable it, you need to know if the second controller is
a card plugged into the motherboard, or if it's a feature of the
motherboard itself.  If it's a feature of the motherboard itself, the
motherboard would have 4 plastic drive plugs, instead of 2.
If it's a card, power off the system and remove the card.
If it's a feature of the motherboard, consult your motherboard manual
for the method to disable it.  The method will be either a setting in
the CMOS setup (BIOS) or a jumper change on the motherboard.
If you provide details of the system we might be able to provide more
details on how to disable it.
If you do nothing and just "ignore" that message, the system will be
working properly, the only benefit to any further action on your part
would potentially be reducing the amount of time it takes the system
to boot.
Dave

That is better... Thank you guys... :-)
Yes, now i undestand a little more and I have been reading a little about
it.
My motherboard is a GA-7DXR. It has 2 IDE slot and 2 RAID/ATA100 slot..
It has a JP54 to enabled the ATA100 or RAID
I think i will try to look into it to see if the jumper is in ATA100 and
maybe change it. Now I have to leave.
Thank you Dave and Vanguard,
P

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