IDE Channel Problem?

Some background...my computer went down because the motherboard went out. I installed a new one and it was DOA...so I went with an MSI 865PE Neo2-PFS (Platinum Edition). I got it up and running and everything is great except I get the following...
Currently, I have 2 HD's on the main IDE channel, 1 DVD-RW and 1 DVD-Rom on IDE channel 2. I have a third IDE HD with an SATA converter on it hooked up to my SATA 1 port. It registers fine and I can access all of the data. I just keep getting this error. When I disable it in the Device Manager, my "SATA" drive goes away.
By the way, I use the computer for music recording. I don't want to hook my HD up as a slave to an optical as this could cause problems. This config worked fine on my other mobo.
Any help is appreciated.
Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Intel P4 3.0Ghz w/HT
2GB Kingston Hyper X RAM

Quote from: Maesus on 04-March-06, 01:15:46
Is your WinXP newly installed with this motherboard?
It could be the SATA converter you probably need a better driver for it. Can you tell more about this SATA converter that you have?
No, it is the same installation that was on the drive prior to the new motherboard. Could I simply re-install the OS and clear this problem up without having to reformat the drive?
Oh, and here's the URL for the exact SATA converter I have.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812107112

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Specs:
Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo3 (MS-7935 1.0)
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Memory: Team Elite DDR2800 (2x1GB Dual Channel)
Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache (SATA)
Optical drive: LG GSA-H55L (IDE only) Firmware version 1.02
Graphics card: Gecube HD3870
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Southbridge: Intel 82801IB (ICH9)
LPCIO: Fintek F71882F
BIOS: AMI V1.1 (11/07/2007)
Hello,
Almost all new motherboards today only have a primary ide channel and the rest are SATA.
I need inputs regarding the dvd drive which is shown in device manager as located on the primary ide channel while the hard drive is located on the secondary channel. Because I would like to update the dvd drive to the latest firmware (version 1.06; to be able to recognize more blank media) but the LG site recommends that the drive (dvd) be located on the secondary ide channel.
I already tried to uninstall every channel from the device manager but all would still be the same after reboot, dvd drive on primary, hard drive on secondary.
Current ide mode in BIOS is set to AHCI+IDE mode, DMA modes are fine (UDMA4 for dvd, UDMA5 for hard drive), boot sequence (1st=HD, 2nd=DVD, 3rd=Floppy drive)
Tried switching to IDE mode only in BIOS but would not detect the optical drive. Never tried RAID+IDE mode since I only have a single hard drive.
I'm not sure but if I try to update the firmware, it might instead try to update the hard drive's firmware instead of the optical drive and make the hard drive unusable.
I would like to know if anybody with this same situation was able to successfully update the optical drive's firmware or is there some way to place the optical drive on the secondary ide channel and the hard drive on primary for me to follow and replicate the process.
Thank you for any replies.

Thanks sir NovJoe for the reply.
Just received the solution from another forum where I posted the same problem.
They said that the flash program for the firmware will detect the drive on its own and would not flash other devices except the optical drive itself. So its pretty safe, and I can confirm this since I just flashed my ODD a little over a while ago and everything went fine. No errors.
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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=88384.0
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Hi Guys,
This is my first post... so forgive any dumb stuff.
I build a new PC every couple years for normal home use... little or no overclocking. I have worked in the computer and PC business for 30+ years... so I am fairly competent in this stuff. I am having trouble with my current project.
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Ok here's the setup:
First SATA Channel: Seagate 7200RPM 80GB HDD
Primary IDE Channel: LG 52x CD-ROM Drive
Secondary IDE Channel: Western Digital 7200RPM 160GB HDD
OS: Windows XP SP1
Mobo: MSI 865PE Neo2-P MS-6728 Version 2
The bios can detect all drives.
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If you look under Administrative Tools in Control Panel is refuses to detect the PATA drive as well.
I tried swapping the PATA and the CD drives around but the above applied.
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Elsewhere:
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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=58269.0
This sounds exactly like what I got except I got the problems when adding drives, not upgrading bios:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=51681.0

I got rid of the problem
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Yes http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236243,
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Thanks BOSSKILLER... though I tried those settings and they didn't work:
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Hi:
Please give FULL PC specs: PSU rails, etc.
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2) Connect the other devices (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW, etc) in the secon IDE channel. If you have a burner, connect this drive as the secondary master and the CD or DVD-ROM as secondary slave.
After you done this, reinstall the IDE drivers (VIA Hyperion).
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Hope this helps.
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The problem is really simple, the motherboard can not detect both my DVD:s at the same time. If it could be that simple to solve, but no.
The motherboard is a Neo-V Sis 649. I have 2 DVD:s, 1 NEC 3540 and one Samsung SH-W162. (Both are DVD:writers) My OS is XP Proffessional. The graphics adapter is a Gforce N6600 PCI-Expess. I purchased a computer (not assemled) and tried to get things to work. At first, I connected the HD on the primary IDE (at the outer connector on the IDE cable, I have never moved it since - this must at least be correct) The HD is strapped as CS. I connected a DVD on the inner connector on the same cable and the other DVD on the outer connector on the secondary bus. I created a C: partition on the HD (not the whole HD space). Then i installed the OS. At first things seemed to work. After the OS was installed I created more patrtitions on the HD and then the problems started. One thing I am not absolutley sure of is if both DVD:s did detect at that time, sorry I don't remember that.
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