Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-02-05, 16:02

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by Kampfkoloss

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Update for everybody still interested: Drive is working again with full capacity (38.45...something MB). Either BIOS autodetect or detection by Promise BIOS, setting up partitions, formating and scanning with scandisk went through without any issue and quickly. What I did was set the jumper to …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-02-04, 11:56

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by Kampfkoloss

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A lot of things are possible. This drive could be possessed by ghosts, developed AI, or contain contents of whole Library of Congress. What makes you think its storage mechanism is defective? Experience with the WD4xx and WD8xx drive series. Back then was noted the erratic behavior described by OP, …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-02-04, 11:53

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by Kampfkoloss

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Your drive "service area" cylinder got corrupted. You may give on it, as the only reliable way to fix this is rebuilding the SA with some specialized HDD analysis software like the ACELabs PC3000 (yes, you have to rebuild it, a simple copy from a donor will destroy the drive), and then reuploading …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-02-04, 11:50

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by Kampfkoloss

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Is it still possible this area is broken, when the drive is being detected again be the mainboard and the promise controller's bios? If so, I think it wouldn't be reliable as a system disk anymore. I'd suggest you try running WDs Data Lifeguard Diagnostics / Tools from DOS to check on the drives …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-02-04, 11:49

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by Kampfkoloss

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It's likely a WD drive has a jumper setting for a single drive. It's been that way for years. What is connected to your IDE cable? If it's the only drive, remove the jumper and place it on the storage position. They usually don't print the instructions on the drive label. https://eshop.macsales.com …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-30, 19:18

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by Kampfkoloss

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Your drive "service area" cylinder got corrupted. You may give on it, as the only reliable way to fix this is rebuilding the SA with some specialized HDD analysis software like the ACELabs PC3000 (yes, you have to rebuild it, a simple copy from a donor will destroy the drive), and then reuploading …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-30, 19:16

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by Kampfkoloss

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I find cable select unreliable. I always jumper the drive specific to the configuration, plus respect the Western Digital way of jumpering. I try both, especially with USB adapters I often have more luck with the Cable Select option. I also tried cable select with the hard drive connected to my …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-30, 19:12

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by Kampfkoloss

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It's likely a WD drive has a jumper setting for a single drive. It's been that way for years. What is connected to your IDE cable? If it's the only drive, remove the jumper and place it on the storage position. They usually don't print the instructions on the drive label. https://eshop.macsales.com …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-28, 17:53

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by Kampfkoloss

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Indeed, the jumpers may be the issue. I had to learn that the hard way, back when there was no Internet to consult with. As soon as I could move to SATA, I never looked back at IDE, though I still keep an IDE card and some cables in my toolbox, for whatever purpose they could serve in the future. …

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-28, 17:44

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by Kampfkoloss

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Hi, my drive doesn't have a jumper setting for single drive. For single drive it's supposed to be configured as master. However I'll definitely try cable select and 2 drives on one channel - I missed that when checking the drive. Thanks for the suggestions!

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Re: 40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-28, 14:31

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by Kampfkoloss

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Yes, it does. I sees my Samsung 160 GB HDD up to 136 GB without any issue. The same goes for my promise controller. I guess that means, I'm out of luck 🙁 Thanks anyway 😀

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40 GB IDE Hard Drive can not be detected on IDE, works fine in an external USB case (!?)

Posted on 2022-01-28, 12:27

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by Kampfkoloss

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Hi Vogons-Retro Community, I have a rather odd problem, regarding a WD Caviar WD400 Hard Drive I've used as a primary Hard Drive in my Win98-System on a Pentium 3 Motherboard (Intel 440 ZX, Aopen AX6BC-EZ), both connected to a Promise Ultra66 or directly to the onboard Intel IDE-Controller, jumpered …

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Re: Has anyone managed to setup an ESS AudioDrive 1868F in Windows 98 SE DOS Mode?

Posted on 2021-08-11, 18:56

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by Kampfkoloss

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I've tried Unisound and it works now. Case closed Thanks a lot 😀

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Re: Has anyone managed to setup an ESS AudioDrive 1868F in Windows 98 SE DOS Mode?

Posted on 2021-07-26, 14:48

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by Kampfkoloss

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Hi, thanks for your quick replies. I'm talking about Windows 98 booting into DOS Mode. I've already tried 185xw95.zip, as suggested by Joseph_Joestar. It gives me vxd drivers in Windows 98 including a dos prompt inside of Windows. But they don't work in 98's DOS Mode without GUI. The driver 185xdos. …

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Has anyone managed to setup an ESS AudioDrive 1868F in Windows 98 SE DOS Mode?

Posted on 2021-07-26, 14:00

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by Kampfkoloss

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Hi folks, I've searched the forum but couldn't find any thread discussing my specific problem with my ESS AudioDrive 1868F. Most people use the 1868F for PCs with plain DOS but I'm on Win98SE. I have a working 1868F at hand that Win98SE recognizes automatically installing its onboard WDM-Driver. My …

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Re: Problems with Promise Ultra66 (Windows 98, 2000, XP)

Posted on 2018-09-01, 08:58

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by Kampfkoloss

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I've had problems with Ultra 66 in the past too. They are picky about PCI slots, drives. Win9x also tends to be more touchy than 2K/XP when it comes to adding PCI cards. PCI PATA and SATA cards are often troublesome in general. I usually just stick to the motherboard's onboard ports these days. …

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Re: Problems with Promise Ultra66 (Windows 98, 2000, XP)

Posted on 2018-08-30, 12:43

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by Kampfkoloss

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@mrau: BIOS defaults dont change the problem. Can't try the card in another PC. this is my only one that still has pci slots. Actually it's a compatibility issue I wasn't aware of shown in the video linked above.

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Re: Problems with Promise Ultra66 (Windows 98, 2000, XP)

Posted on 2018-08-29, 21:23

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by Kampfkoloss

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@ PC Hoarder Patrol: you're right with the hdd-model. i remembered it incorrectly. I haven't watched the review you mentioned. Thanks for giving the link 😀 I'll take a look at it and maybe I'll use another hdd.

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Problems with Promise Ultra66 (Windows 98, 2000, XP)

Posted on 2018-08-29, 13:25

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by Kampfkoloss

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Hello, after searching the forum for an existing thread with this subject (only found an unsolved thread with a driver problem for a promise card under Win95) I have to ask for a little help. I've built a PC with an Aopen AX6BC-EZ mainboard and a Pentium III 700 (Coppermine, passively cooled, around …

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Re: What to pick for a Retro-Gaming Build (mainly Win98, some DOS Adventures)

Posted on 2018-06-27, 18:38

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by Kampfkoloss

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Actually you're right: Around 1999 to 2001 128 to 256 were pretty much the maximum already. But I think 512 should be fine. I sure won't run into any memory shortage then :lol: I was able to get a sb awe64 value ISA-Card (CT4520) for cheap with a year warranty to free up one PCI-Slot - in my last …

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