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To: tejek who wrote (140906)	12/10/2001 5:02:02 AM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1586653

Ted, Re: WDC -- Abit mobos suffer Western Digital glitch theinquirer.net THERE'S A THREAD over at Via Hardware which suggests that if you connect the Abit KT7, KT7A and KT7E boards to Western Digital hardrives you could be in for something of a disappointment. According to the note, the problem is caused by a firmware incompatibility and WD is working the hard drive version of its cotton socks off to get round the problem. You're advised to keep your eyes on Western Digital's site to see if their socks are cottoned up yet. Via Hardware has this to say on the subject Why is my Western Digital drive not detected by my motherboard? It seems that certain Western Digital disk drives have a firmware incompatiblity with the KT133 and KT133A chipsets that causes them to not be detected by motherboards using these chipsets - such as the KT7/KT7A/KT7E motherboards (with or without RAID). Considerable discussion on this problem may be found on this thread at Western Digital's support site. A variety of disk drives seem to be affected and include the WD200, WD400BB, WD1000 plus other 20, 40, 60, 80 and 120GB models. Western Digital and ABIT are aware of the problem and Western Digital are apparently working on a firmware upgrade. Keep an eye on their site and please email me when a fix is found so that I may update this question. Note that the jumper settings on the drive are "Single", "Master" and "Slave". If it is the only drive on the channel, you need to select "Single" not "Master". Some users have reported that if you cut the end wire on the 80 wire cable the drive will use "Cable Select" and is detected properly. viahardware.com tgptndr