From: phantomm@suddenlink.net   
      
   The problem I ran into is with the IDE hard drive.   
   I had a old Factory IDE here, that I put in a Falcon.   
   It was working when it was stored.   
   Now, when installed the Falcon will not see it unless   
   I have a HD Driver Boot Disk.   
   (Displays the IDE make but will not boot the drive)   
   I have tried using AHDI.PRG in Auto Folder on a   
   Disk. Which helped get it started when I switched   
   Memory boards. As Boot up is Faster with a 4meg   
   board. Unless you hit space bar.   
   But it still will not see the partitions.   
   With this drive installed, it causes the disk drive   
   not to work. I'll get a message that data on the   
   disk is damaged for any disk I try to read.   
   And it will not boot from Floppy, with this drive   
   installed!   
   If I remove the ribbon cable from the IDE, then   
   It will boot from Floppy.   
   I tried current versions of HD Driver to try getting it   
   going.   
   Well after much work, I did get it working. then, shut it   
   down and re-booted (cold) several times. Worked fine.   
   Left it alone for 2 days and same problem returned.   
      
   The IDE HD is probably Bad, unless there is something in   
   NVRAM thats gotten screwed up.   
   The IDE HD is rather old, I'm not worried about losing it.   
   But does raise concerns with these older ide drives that   
   are around.   
   I'd like to know for sure, that's its the IDE hard drive   
   and not something in NVRAM.   
      
   Does the NVRAM have anything to do with the Falcon   
   seeing the IDE?   
      
   And doesn't the Falcon suppose to check the IDE before   
   looking at SCSI?   
      
   It seems that the Falcon is looking at SCSI first, then IDE   
   which I think is wrong if you are booting from an IDE.   
      
   Have a question, When the Falcon Boots up, does it suppose   
   to display a message showing the Falcon's ID number?   
      
   Or does this depend on what type of Driver Software   
   that you are using?   
      
   I know that normally you get a message displaying type of   
   IDE/SCSI.   
      
      
   "Mark Bedingfield"  wrote in   
   message news:ciG1k.7830$IK1.4690@news-server.bigpond.net.au...   
   > phantomm_1 wrote:   
   >> Does the Falcon have any setting in NVRAM or on the   
   >> mother board for the amount of RAM it came with from   
   >> the Factory?   
   >>   
   >> I have upgraded a few Falcons from 4megs to 14megs using   
   >> different 14meg Ram boards.   
   >>   
   >> I ran into a weird, problem the other day with a Falcon that I   
   >> had in storage,  the only way I could get it working was to   
   >> install the 4meg Ram board.   
   >> Then after, reinstall the 14meg board. Works fine now.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > No it doesn't. However there are after market simm boards that require   
   > jumpers set. I have the Actionsoft and Chromagic Ram Gizmo cards. Both   
   > require jumpers for 1/4/14 meg.   
   >   
   > You may have just had a bit of oxidisation on tho socket or pins.   
   > Installing the other card may have just removed some of the tarnish enough   
   > for a better electrical contact.   
   >   
   > Mark   
      
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