[newbe]

Hey guys I am having a problem with a PCI control card which I purchased a few years ago. I had purchased a third hard drive but the PCI control card created problems and I uninstalled it. I was a real newbie then (having using Apple's computers...

Hey guys

I am having a problem with a PCI control card which I purchased a few years ago. I had purchased a third hard drive but the PCI control card created problems and I uninstalled it. I was a real newbie then (having using Apple's computers for 20 years) but now I would like to use the card.

Basically, it disables my BIOS and the boot is excessively long.

The box’s description of it is “Cicero Ultra DMA 100 control card” The device manager describes it as “CMD PCI-0649 Ultra DMA IDE Controller”.

The manual states “This Ultra DMA 100 control card is equipped with a sophisticate controller of CMD 0649.” On the net, Cicero appears to have been taken over by CMD.

My motherboard controller is described as an “Intel 82801BA Ultra ATA Controller”, so the two should be compatible as they both use DMA 100 technology.

My method of installation was to first
A) Physically install the card. Then boot and go into the device manager and have it search
A1) “Windows update” and
A2) the cd disk that came with the card.
There wasn’t a better match.
B) Reboot and install a Sony DVD to the primary (Master) IDE port of the card on cable select.

Normally, when I want to access the BIOS, my computer smoothly enters it. With the card, it displays information about the card then states that my primary drive is my Sony DVD and later that it cannot find my two hard drives. And finally it states my BIOS is disabled, although I have full use of my two hard drives and two DVD drives.

I hope somebody can help me with this.

Brian