Solved removing "press any key to continue"?

[gregrocker]

Try Cable Direct (default) or Slave jumper settings.

 

[proudtobegreek]

Try Cable Direct (default) or Slave jumper settings.

have disk,have optical,have detection and prompt.

 

[F5ing]

Did you verify the connection locations of the devices on the IDE ribbon cable? I would expect the WD HD would be found at the end of the cable and jumpered as primary, and the optical would be connected to the plug at the middle of the ribbon cable and set as slave.

Some IDE cables and boards do not have the capability to utilize the CS (cable select) feature, but they all work correctly when the devices connected are properly jumpered as master and slave; with the promary device at the end of the cable and the slave in the middle.

During boot, when you get that "press any key..." prompt, do you have to press a key to continue the boot, or is it really just pausing for a few seconds before continuing. Your last few posts seem to indicate to me that it's really just a pause before it continues. If so, what happens if you do press a key when the prompt appears?

 

[proudtobegreek]

Did you verify the connection locations of the devices on the IDE ribbon cable? I would expect the WD HD would be found at the end of the cable and jumpered as primary, and the optical would be connected to the plug at the middle of the ribbon cable and set as slave.

Some IDE cables and boards do not have the capability to utilize the CS (cable select) feature, but they all work correctly when the devices connected are properly jumpered as master and slave; with the promary device at the end of the cable and the slave in the middle.

During boot, when you get that "press any key..." prompt, do you have to press a key to continue the boot, or is it really just pausing for a few seconds before continuing. Your last few posts seem to indicate to me that it's really just a pause before it continues. If so, what happens if you do press a key when the prompt appears?[/QUOTE
Tried to connect to the end of IDE cable with pins on 1-2,3-4 and no jumper,still got the detection but no disk.If im having the detection feature anyway(disk on-disk off),it should be a sort of bios setting but i cant find a specific non detection setup in the manual.You do know how "manuals" express" themselfs.Still reading...As for the last question,its indeed a pause and if i do press any key,it just keeps on with boot.

 

[F5ing]

HD = jumpered as master and connected to end of ribbon.
OD = jumpered as slave and connected to middle of ribbon.

 

[Duzzy]

These were and are again exactly the settings,when IDE-RAID disabled,"lost" second and optical.

Well to me at least your out of luck. This is a simple info screen that list the drives connected to the JMircron controller.

I have a ICH10R SATA controller (6 SATA) and a Marvell controller (1 IDE, 1 eSATA).

As I explained earlier the ICH10R only displays a RAID screen if set to RAID. The Marvel controller is more like your JMircon I think. My Marvel doesn't have any RAID compatibility like your JMircon but if I have the Marvel enabled in BIOS I get a screen the same as yours that displays the connected drives but unlike yours it does not have a timeout/pause. If I disable the Marvel then the screen does not appear.

Yours has a timeout/pause so you have a chance to read the info and I believe this is built into the controller or BIOS and will not be able to be disabled without disabling the controller.

I hope I'm wrong but I don't think so.

 

[F5ing]

Duzzy, that sounds reasonable. Easy to understand that if the controller is disabled the screen is bypassed altogether. But if it's enabled there is typically a short timeout where there is a period of time where you can press some hotkey combo or such for some configuration adjustments. If you miss the timeout it boots the rest of the way and you've got to start over. It doesn't seem reasonable to have to press "any key" just to continue booting without any options to do anything else.

Does that seem logical?

 

[Duzzy]

F5ing, yes this timeout would be there to give the user a chance to enter the RAID setup by pressing a hotkey combo (CTRL+J on this board) or that is what I would have thought but the manual states to press CTRL+J during post.

But from what I understand is that the OP can boot normally without pressing a key but has the option to skip the short timeout by pressing a key if they don't wish to enter the RAID setup, read the info displayed or wait for the timeout to expire. They are not forced to press any key to boot.

 

[gregrocker]

It says on the screen it is a "PCI-E to SATA1 RAID Controller" but OP says there is no PCIe card. I'd check again.

I'd also check what the SATA controller setting is for the card as it may only appear if set to RAID, and may disappear if you can choose AHCI or IDE modes. In fact to avoid the screen I would reinstall if necessary.

 

[Duzzy]

It says on the screen it is a "PCI-E to SATA1 RAID Controller" but OP says there is no PCIe card. I'd check again.

I'd also check what the SATA controller setting is for the card as it may only appear if set to RAID, and may disappear if you can choose AHCI or IDE modes. In fact to avoid the screen I would reinstall if necessary.

It's an onboard SATA and PATA host controller. The name could be just stupid naming on their behalf or it could use a PCI-e bus line.

He has assured me the "IDE\RAID Control" is set to IDE and I could not see any other RAID/AHCI/IDE options in the manual, but I am only looking through the manual I don't have the board to explore the BIOS properly.

I'm 99% sure the only way to avoid the screen altogether is to disable the controller in the BIOS which then there would be no access to the IDE hard drive or optical drive.

 

[proudtobegreek]

To correct myself,there is no PCI card slot envolved to any disk.Of course there are cards connected such as a video(graphic) and a USB card.
Disabling the controller cant be an option,i want to keep using the second drive,even if its an IDE.Reassuring everybody that IDE-RAID controller is set to IDE.And another info,while booting,it says on screen "detecting IDE Drives"and finds my Hitachi SATA as primary.What is it with those controllers?

 

[proudtobegreek]

now i have done it,changed jumpers and IDE cable positions on HD and OP,no luck,and even setting everything back, i cant have my disk nor my dvd back.

 

[F5ing]

Do you have "Quick Boot" enabled (on the Advanced BIOS Features page of your BIOS menu)?

Edit: Uh oh, just saw your last post.

I realize it's a fairly old HD, does it have 10 jumper pins?

 

[proudtobegreek]

Do you have "Quick Boot" enabled (on the Advanced BIOS Features page of your BIOS menu)?

Edit: Uh oh, just saw your last post.

I realize it's a fairly old HD, does it have 10 jumper pins?

Quick Boot enabled indeed,10 pin disk yes

 

[F5ing]

Were the 5-6 pins originally jumpered?

 

[proudtobegreek]

i tried so many combination in the last hour that i cant remember anymore,it is now at 5-6 and OD 1-2(closest to cable) and nothing is there,everything vanished,im dying out here

 

[F5ing]

You've got to put the jumper for the OD back to where it originally was. I would expect that to be for the slave setting and connected to the middle of the IDE ribbon cable.

Would that be how you originally found it (when it was working)?

 

[proudtobegreek]

it was not in the middle in the first place,tried putting it in the middle with HD at the end,didnt work out and turned everything back,tried all setups,second HD is not detected,tries to power on an quits,OD has power but have disabled autoplay and cant confirm if operational.

 

[F5ing]

Do you remember how it (the OD) was jumpered when it was connected to the end of the ribbon?

 

[proudtobegreek]

everything is set as it was and even if i am wrong,tried all other combinations,it was either 3-4H and 1-2O,3-4H and 3-4O.5-6H and 1-2O or 5-6H and 3-4O,any possible previous combination