Technically, it *should* boot off the scsi if:<BR><BR>The IDE is NOT bootable (have an OS).<BR>The SCSI bios is told to be the boot device.<BR>I *think* if you can make the IDE drive the secondary ...

Is it the cable, motherboard, or one of the devices (HD drive and DVD drive)?Sometimes the failure happens at boot time (BIOS does not detect it), and other times it happens during normal ...

No Primary IDE Found in BIOS Setup. When you start up your computer, the BIOS scans the memory and checks the video adapter before searching the hard drives for a bootable operating system.