Paul Benjamin wrote:
>
> Thanks for the hint. I don't have a turbo switch but by setting the
> PIO mode for the IDE channels in the BIOS setup screen I was able to
> boot. Now I am experimenting on how high I can set the PIO mode. So
> far I am up to PIO mode 3 no DMA for the hard drives PIO 0 no DMA for
> the CD-ROM.
>
> A case of optimization causing problems. I have a super seven
> motherboard based upon the VIA MVP3 chip set.
>
> PBen
>
well, my AMI bios is ancient (1994) and doesn't support half
this stuff. Check the page
(man hdparm) for all the gory details.....:-)
