Solve : Promise Problem?

1.	Solve : Promise Problem?
Answer» Hope I'm posting in the correct forum. I've been given an old Asus A7V133 motherboard that I'd like to get up and running as a back up computer. So far just one problem that I'm unfamiliar with. On start up, I get past the clock and memory checks, then to a screen with "Promise Technology" at the top. Underneath that the notice "Detecting", followed about 10 seconds later with, "Ultra100 Bios is not installed because there are no drives attached." Everything halts there. What's it TRYING to tell me? Looking at the bios shows the system recognizing the hard drive. Where do I go from here? Help is appreciated.Replace the CMOS battery on the MBoard...Part # CR 2032...available anywhere... Make sure all power is unplugged and take anti-static precautions. If this does not do it replace the HDD ribbon cableThat's an add-on controller card. If nothing is connected, you get that message. Change BOOT order in BIOS. Promise controller is listed as SCSI Controller. Turn it off or place it last.There were onboard Promise controllers as well and in many EARLIER machines...Well, I appreciate the ideas but so far no luck. It appears the Promise controller is on board, but I can't see anywhere in the bios to disable it. Any other ideas?Good call, that one does have Promise onboard. http://www.nek.uu.se/StaffPages/CV/CV93.pdf See p.14, 20, 79-80Yeh, it does but I've not been able to figure out how to disable it and allow the hdd to boot. Quote from: JRD on July 31, 2011, 07:44:11 PM Yeh, it does but I've not been able to figure out how to disable it and allow the hdd to boot. How are the jumpers set & which connector is the hard drive connected to.I'll have to check the jumpers tomorrow morning (Tuesday) due to a very LONG work day today, but the guy who gave me the board tells me it was working when he took it out. As for the hdd setup, it's set to master and I get the same result if connected to the primary connector on the mainboard as either IDE or ATA (this board has connectors for both). " Load Onboard ATA " should be set to disabled....and replace that CMOS battery.

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Hope I'm posting in the correct forum.

I've been given an old Asus A7V133 motherboard that I'd like to get up and running as a back up computer. So far just one problem that I'm unfamiliar with.

On start up, I get past the clock and memory checks, then to a screen with "Promise Technology" at the top. Underneath that the notice "Detecting", followed about 10 seconds later with, "Ultra100 Bios is not installed because there are no drives attached."

Everything halts there. What's it TRYING to tell me? Looking at the bios shows the system recognizing the hard drive. Where do I go from here?

Help is appreciated.Replace the CMOS battery on the MBoard...Part # CR 2032...available anywhere...
Make sure all power is unplugged and take anti-static precautions.

If this does not do it replace the HDD ribbon cableThat's an add-on controller card. If nothing is connected, you get that message. Change BOOT order in BIOS. Promise controller is listed as SCSI Controller. Turn it off or place it last.There were onboard Promise controllers as well and in many EARLIER machines...Well, I appreciate the ideas but so far no luck.

It appears the Promise controller is on board, but I can't see anywhere in the bios to disable it. Any other ideas?Good call, that one does have Promise onboard.
http://www.nek.uu.se/StaffPages/CV/CV93.pdf
See p.14, 20, 79-80Yeh, it does but I've not been able to figure out how to disable it and allow the hdd to boot.

Quote from: JRD on July 31, 2011, 07:44:11 PM

Yeh, it does but I've not been able to figure out how to disable it and allow the hdd to boot.

How are the jumpers set & which connector is the hard drive connected to.I'll have to check the jumpers tomorrow morning (Tuesday) due to a very LONG work day today, but the guy who gave me the board tells me it was working when he took it out.

As for the hdd setup, it's set to master and I get the same result if connected to the primary connector on the mainboard as either IDE or ATA (this board has connectors for both).

" Load Onboard ATA " should be set to disabled....and replace that CMOS battery.

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