Topic: Getting Gateway 2000 Computer to recognize EIDE drives.

Got it!  Turns out you have to jumper both the Master and Slave pins -
*then* use a DDO or an alternate controller CCA.  Once I jumpered both
pairs of pins on the drive jumper block, I was able to get into the
system BIOS and - more importantly - I was able to load up Western
Digital's EZ Drive DDO.  I can still offer the client the option of
using the faster EIDE Controller CCA, too.

Whew!  I knew this looked like a jumper problem - but this one really
gave me a run for my money.  Guess I earned another stripe!  @:>)

Joan Rapier
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