oeuvre wrote: you might need to solder on a few SATA ports I'll probably go with PCIe if it comes to that.

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Thanks for the ideas so far. Just tested the drive (Seagate ST3120A) in my Pentium 100, and it works fine with the same CHS settings and IDE cable. Any other ideas on figuring out the source of the controller error on my PB400 board?

Hi all. I've got a PB Legend 610 486 SX-25. The NiCad battery began to leak, so I swapped it out with a NiMH battery of the same voltage and fit. The machine worked well for a few months, until it very recently began showing a "fixed disk controller failure" on boot. I've tried several different …