Having those three entries sharing IRQ's is normal. The master controller
runs the whole show, and the primary and secondary controllers handle
their respective IDE channel, sorta like a store manager delegating
responsibility to two assistant managers and keeping an eye on both of
them. As for the error message, my best guess is improper jumper settings
for master/slave on the drives in your primary IDE channel, or a bad or
misconnected ribbon cable. You may also check into the driver programs
for your HDDs and see if something is amiss there. A bad line in your
registry, boot.ini, or win.ini may also throw things. The earlier
suggestion about checking for an NOIDE line may be what the doctor
ordered. Best of luck with things.

Kenneth Whyman
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"Chance favors the prepared mind."

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:50:40 -0800 Chuck Finnigan <[log in to unmask]>
writes:

-snip-
>In the Device Manager of System Properties, my Hard disk controller
>device
>lists 3 items:
>
>Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller (working properly)
>Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) (device not present or working
>properly)
>Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) (working properly)
>
>The first two are using IRQ 14.
>The first and third are coexisting peacefully on IRQ 15.
>
>When I try to remove the Primary controller, it always returns when I
>reboot
>the machine.  It appears that I have two IDE controllers conflicting
>with
>each other.  How do I disable the second one?  (AMIBIOS on an Intel
>board,
>Windows 98)  I have two hard drives connected via one cable to the
>motherboard with my TEAC CD drive using the other connection on the
>board.
>Any advice, comments appreciated!

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