Hard Drives ..NOT ON LINE

[pest]

HELP PLEASE.......on start up at post when checking IDE devices ...notice says... hard drives not on line. I am running raid 0 with 2 Maxtor HD's. I have run powermax diagnostic and both HD's check out fine.But powermax says "Bios extension support.........Failed"................I can boot into DOS but that is all. I also had "driver_irql_not_less_or_equal" blue screen twice before it would not boot back up. I did not write down any of the blue screen info. ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO FIX BIOS EXTENSION SUPPORT........THANX

 

[noch]

Try updating your bios. if u cant get on with your own computer in safemode, try using a bios boot disk if u had one when u bought it, or dl the latest bios from another computer.

 

[pest]

I could get into DOS , so I updated the bios.............didn't help. I can not boot into safe mode...............could the problem be in the "PROMISE" raid array????

 

[noch]

Hmm, Im not sure, but let me ask you this, do u know that u need bios extension support in order to boot into windows? try to turn that off and try that. even if it only reads one HDD, that is a start. also, im assuming that you made sure all of the connections are secure, but are your jumpers in and correct? that could be another problem you are overlooking.

 

[pest]

My jumpers are set right, this computer was running OK for the last 6 months.I will recheck all my conections.....then attempt to shut the BIOS extension off