GigAHerZ wrote on Yesterday, 17:02:

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 16:59:

I guess it's rather the adapter than the CF card, because the adapter isn't recognized by the bios.

The adapter is passive - it can not ever be "detected" on its own. It's just bunch of wires.

No but it should detect the CF card no?

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 17:04:

GigAHerZ wrote on Yesterday, 17:02:

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 16:59:

I guess it's rather the adapter than the CF card, because the adapter isn't recognized by the bios.

The adapter is passive - it can not ever be "detected" on its own. It's just bunch of wires.

No but it should detect the CF card no?

Yes, the CF card itself should be detected, just like HDDs.

If you have a lot of time and want to save money, use a multimeter continuity testing and beep through all the 40 pins of the adapter. 😀

NB! I've used the absolute cheapest chinesium CF cards you can get (usually with white sticker with blue stripe on top or bottom, depending on how you look at it) and they have always worked. I myself have never met a non-working CF card for retro-PC purposes.

GigAHerZ wrote on Yesterday, 17:04:

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 17:04:

GigAHerZ wrote on Yesterday, 17:02:

The adapter is passive - it can not ever be "detected" on its own. It's just bunch of wires.

No but it should detect the CF card no?

Yes, the CF card itself should be detected, just like HDDs.

Yes that's my problem, the card isn't detected.
It does something tho, on a boot with the CF card in the adapter windows 98 chokes on it and gives registry errors. Windows is installed on the harddisk.
The harddisk and CF adapter are on 2 different ide connectors on the motherboard.
They disappear when removing the CF card and rebooting.

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 17:09:

Yes that's my problem, the card isn't detected. It does something tho, on a boot with the CF card in the adapter windows 98 cho […]
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GigAHerZ wrote on Yesterday, 17:04:

ChickenNugget wrote on Yesterday, 17:04:

No but it should detect the CF card no?

Yes, the CF card itself should be detected, just like HDDs.

Yes that's my problem, the card isn't detected.
It does something tho, on a boot with the CF card in the adapter windows 98 chokes on it and gives registry errors. Windows is installed on the harddisk.
The harddisk and CF adapter are on 2 different ide connectors on the motherboard.
They disappear when removing the CF card and rebooting.

*The errors disappear when removing the CF card and rebooting.

Hey, one more thing that i just remembered - i've observed weird errors and corrupted data when ISA bus has been overclocked too much. Make sure, everything is good on that side, too.

But sounds like the adapter is faulty. Sometimes even those simple wires and traces can be broken one way or another...

Maybe I should just use a harddisk and an ethernet card to transfer files instead

Thanks everyone for your input. I'll probably try a new adapter, and use a network card besides that.