cannot plug both drives to SATA slots,one ATA and one IDE,and it should not be a physical PCI card as shown.That's how it seems to me too, except the OP is not really getting a choice.
I'm wondering if the OP is using the PCI-e card as a way to attach the IDE drive rather than using the port available on the motherboard itself. Or is that not a true physical PCI-e card referenced in that screenshot?
Im not using a PCI to connect the second drive so that makes the reference not true.That's how it seems to me too, except the OP is not really getting a choice.
I'm wondering if the OP is using the PCI-e card as a way to attach the IDE drive rather than using the port available on the motherboard itself. Or is that not a true physical PCI-e card referenced in that screenshot?
sorry about the double quote.
If we are talking about the motherboard listed in your specs then the IDE port is also controlled by the JMicron controller.
Try this, go into BIOS > Integrated Peripherals > On-Chip ATA Devices. Here you should find "On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE" and probably as a sub option of this should be "IDE\RAID Control".
"On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE" should already be enabled as you can use the IDE port.
"IDE\RAID Control" should be set to IDE or disabled.
Try that and let us know how it goes.
In addition it appears the menu you are getting does not allow you to select a HD to boot, correct? If so then it may not be a boot menu but a controller screen showing the attached HD's. In that case there should be a way to hide the screen via a setting in BIOS. Look at the available SATA controller settings closely.
If not then I'd want to try all available SATA/IDE port combinations.
DUZZY,disabled the controller,no prompt but also no second disk,no optical.
GREGROCKER,the menu does not ask for a selection,it is stating the detection and finding of second drive WDC-IDE and the optical,prompts for a key and boots on its own from Hitachi-ATA as it should of course.By combinations do you mean physical slots or via bios?
I really dont want to make all you guys getting tired,sure you got plenty of your own concernes...
don't know if this would affect anything, but I know HDD's have jumpers on them that designate them as master or slave. Maybe the jumper on the IDE is set incorrectly. Haven't had any machines with a mix of HDD's... just thought i'd throw that out there....
This is what we do. We keep working at it until it's solved.
See how the jumper is set on WD: How to physically install, set jumper settings, and set up a Serial ATA, EIDE, or SSD drive in Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000
I may have missed it but have you tried plugging the SATA HD into the ICH8 controller?
Did you check all settings in BIOS for one to hide the controller screen?
I would also access your Manual on the MSI Support Downloads webpage for your model to read how to configure this so that the screen is bypassed.
The actual controller (On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE) should be left enabled but change the "IDE\RAID Control" to IDE going by the image I found via Google. Is this what you tried? If not check the image and set as highlighted.
If I have my SATA connections set as RAID I get an extra screen after the first POST screen which gives me the chance to create/edit RAID Arrays and displays the drives connected but when set to IDE this screen is not shown and I thought this would be the same for you, although your manual states to press the key to open the RAID setup screen during POST.
These were and are again exactly the settings,when IDE-RAID disabled,"lost" second and optical.The actual controller (On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE) should be left enabled but change the "IDE\RAID Control" to IDE going by the image I found via Google. Is this what you tried? If not check the image and set as highlighted.
If I have my SATA connections set as RAID I get an extra screen after the first POST screen which gives me the chance to create/edit RAID Arrays and displays the drives connected but when set to IDE this screen is not shown and I thought this would be the same for you, although your manual states to press the key to open the RAID setup screen during POST.
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