Bob
>snip
>   Is your video card PCI and if so, what slot are you using?


The card is PCI and occupies slot5. All other cards have been removed.

>Since the Abit BE6 board uses IDE 1&2 for the Udma33 controller
     and IDE 3&4 for Udma66, (the HPT366 controller), which are using?


I am using IDE 1 for the hard drives (Maxtor 90845D4 and Maxtor 91080D5) AND ide 2 for the NEC CD Rom and an Atapi internal zip drive. The UDMA66 controller is disabled in the bios and nothing is connected to the controller.


>You may need to upgrade your Bios with the latest version from
>Abit to solve issues.   Also, I am concerned that you are using the
>Udma66 controller for the drives, but you have not set the Bios
>to Boot EXT and set the external as Udma66.

I have downloaded the latest bios but have not yet installed it.

>If you can provide more information about the hard drives, the controller
>configuration and the exact slots your cards are occupying, I might
>be able to give you more detailed advice.

    Bob Wright

Hope this is of some help Bob. I'm still having the same problems as before.

Gerry
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