KT3 Ultra ARU IDE Headache (Help!)

Hey Guys,

I have got a weird problem, and I hope somebody has a suggestion or
two. About 20% of the time, when my KT3 Ultra boots, Windows XP Pro
refuses to recognize my CD-ROM and/or CD-RW. I have switched these
out with different CD-RWs, DVD-ROMs, and CD-ROMs, and changed the IDE
cable twice (a new Antec Cobra now connects these devices).
Additionally, I switched Master/Slave jumpers, and updated ALL drivers
and the BIOS, but the problem persists.

Sometimes, Windows will see the CD drive, but refuse to read any disk
placed in that drive.

Honestly, I don't know for sure if the BIOS sees these ATAPI devices
(the bios screen flashes too briefly), but I think it always does.

This computer worked fine for over a year before it started 'losing'
my CD drives.

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advance,

Andrew


Antec SOHO Case
Antec 350W PS
KT3 Ultra ARU
AMD 2100 XP 266
Micron 512MB 333MHz
Maxtor 80G ATA 133 - IDE 1
MSI CD-RW 52x24x52 - IDE 2
Kenwood TrueX 72X CD-ROM IDE 2
Soundblaster Audigy
MSI GeForce 4400
Linksys 10/100 NIC
Windows XP Pro

 

My MS 6380 did the same thing.(KT3 Ultra) with XP Home sp1 installed
Mine would not recognize it at all.
I am now trying to get MSI to e-mail me an
RMA.........................Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

IDE channel 2 is bad, I believe....

 

http://www.anycities.com/user/mainboards/msi/msi.html

there are a couple of modified bios for the motherboard that allow full IDE
for the promise controller or full bios instead of the raid lite

http://lumberjacker.kettenfett.com/

this is the link ...there are promise controller drivers available for the
full ide bios here also