[RESOLVED] motherboard for gateway needed

[Dooo77]

I have a bad ide 1 on an older gateway 166..i am having trouble finding a used one..is there any compatibility problems in general or can i buy one that fits in the case?? or... is there anyway to replace an ide? thanx in advance..
DEBORAH

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[FU_MAN]

You can get a promise controller or something of the sort and use the same board. Most Gateways are not 100% proprietary and other boards can be mounted in them. The backplate where the ps/2 ports are might be slightly different but they are usually removable.

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[Mystikal]

I have a ton of experience with Gateway's Intel based motherboards. Maybe we can resolve your IDE problems. What's happening with it?

[Dooo77]

The original prob was a fresh fdisk and format,win98 wouldn't recognize cd rom,while troubleshooting i switched ide's on the mb and presto..a cd rom but no hd thus either bad belt or ide..correct? i took in use belts and switched them out..same prob..thus i concluded it had to be the ide..and that brings me today...my next step is to replace either ide(if that's a possibility) or change out motherboards..what do you suggest?



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[shawnMt]

*qutoe*
The original prob was a fresh fdisk and format,win98 wouldn't recognize cd rom,while troubleshooting i switched ide's on the mb and presto..a cd rom but no hd thus either bad belt or ide..correct?
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Not sure what your problem is - how many drives are you using total?

Put the hdd as primary master and the cdrom as secondary master. Boot off a DOS boot disk that loads the correct drivers for the cdrom and try it. If it works then slave up another device to both channels to test them.

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