First post, by nextse7en
GHAAAAAAAA
Ok.
Dead vanilla 486 motherboard, no manufacturer markings. DX2/66. No onboard IDE AMIBIOS (AA9429354)
Promise DC200 IDE/FLOPPY interface card with 4MB of cache.
BIOS is configured with both HDD types at 0. Once the machine gets through post I see the Cache card's bios pop up and do its thing, it checks the cache ram and correctly identifies the HDD. (identification string and correct geometry)
Then I get a boot disk error.
Things I have tried.
Different cables, different drives, small drives, big drives, SD drive adapters, etc.
Do I throw this machine in the fire and pray to the old gods?