| Isn't Technology Wonderful? |
[May. 2nd, 2008|06:58 pm] |
I am back! And my (believe it or not) FULLY legit copy of Windows is runnin' fine! Or, at least as fine as Windows can run. As I go through and update this bolt bucket to make it run like new again, I would like to share something I encountered that is the epitome of retardation. Well, maybe not the epitome, but it definitely ranks up there along with government still inexplicably operating from 9 am to 4 pm on weekdays only.
My mobo refused to recognize my SATA drive, because my DVD-ROM drives weren't plugged into a particular IDE port. There are three IDE ports, and unless the optical drives are plugged into one in particular, the acknowledgement of the Serial ATA went out the window. Theoretically, the SATA controller and the IDE (or retroactively now called, Parallel ATA) controller should function independently. But still this conflict.
The worst part about it is what when Windows was installed (before I deleted the partition), it somehow still booted up! It booted up perfectly fine for two years, and now when I go to reinstall the OS, it collapses faster than the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
As if it weren't annoying enough, I had to use a particular IDE cable to get the stovepipe system to work again. Though the pinouts are exactly the same and there is nothing outwardly different between the cables, I had to end up using the IDE cable that came with the motherboard originally. It makes little to no sense to me.
I leave now because Windows seems to think there is a 5-1/4" floppy drive installed as Drive B. Looks like a chipset software reinstall is in order... |
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