[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > To one and all, > > Have had a problem existing on my current motherboard that did not exist > with previous motherboards. > > Previously, when I put the system together, and the Zip drive was on the > same IDE cable as the hard drive, the Zip drive would show up as a > regular drive, like the hard drive, CD drives, and so forth. > > BUT, when I had the motherboard changed to my new one sometime ago, the > same configuration exists as previous, BUT the Zip drive is now showing > as a B: floppy drive, instead of a drive like it should. This is true > whether I boot to Dos or Win98, so I figure the issue has to deal with > the bios. > > So you know, I have the other IDE cable with my CD burner and DVD drive. > > I purchased, but have not had a chance to install yet, a PCI controller > card for the system, since I want to add an additional hard drive to the > system, and would need to put both hard drives on the master channel, > while keeping the Zip and other drives as well. > > So I was wondering, if I move the Zip drive to the slave IDE channel by > itself, and move the CD burner and DVD to the controller card, would > that solve the problem, or would I have to do something else to get the > Zip drive recognized as expected, or what???? > > The motherboard is an Asus P3V4X Jumperfree PC-133 AGP/4X board. > > Ralph My internal ZIP is shown as 3� Floppy (B:) and it works fine. Does yours not work? -- Kelly Younger Campbell's wants to give away 5 MILLION cans of soup to feed the hungry. Help 'em do it. http://www.chunky.com/click_for_cans.asp ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
