First post, by bestemor
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- Oldbie
So, taking a semi-annual test of my first ever computer, a P100 (SIS P54C mboard etc, early 1995), I'm getting a "Primary HDC failure Press F1 to RESUME" message, and then it tries to boot from the floppy if I 'F1'...
Never failed before 😢
- Any suggestions to which PCI IDE controllers (or multi-I/O cards) that will work on such a machine, with no need for any drivers etc (DOS/Win311) ?
Will any new(or old used) card do, I wonder ?
As far as I can see, the current (faulty?) card is only used for a single IDE connection, so I guess there's no need for any multi, but...
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I DO notice there's also an ISA floppy controller card present*, which has a vacant HD connector on it as well(it's actually a multi-I/O card).
But I rather use a PCI card, as that'd be faster...
(*: which explains why the FDD is found)
And I've tested the HDD on another PC, no problems, and even changed to a brand new IDE cable. And I know the Mboard is good, at least I believe so since I actually get it to POST...
Which only leaves the controller card, right ? Why it would suddenly fail after years of sleep, is a mystery though... 😐
(all parts are original from when I ordered it assembled way back when, never changed anything apart from replacing the SB 2x(!) CD-player and adding some memory)
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