IDE ports in asus m2npv-vm & m2n-mx motherboards

there is no diffrence between primary & third ide hdd ,if you install nay booteble hdd in master so system try to from that frist . boot sequence of motherboard is try to boot from primary master first then Primary slave then secondary master and then master secondary ..................,

Check the BIOS settings at boot up to see if you can select the primary hard drive there. Several motherboards have this option and it's buried in the boot settings. Let us know how it works out and good luck...

You can download the drivers for this MOBO from this link http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?modelname=M2NPV-VM&SLanguage=en-us

This motherboard supports upto 8 GB of RAM..It already has 512 MB of Video with Nvidea graphics card which is HD compatible. I am not sure if you want to put some more onto it.

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there may be some problem in the ide cable just change the ide cable and try once .. you can check it by going to BIOS whether after replacing the ide cable the device detects or not ..

if you persist same problem then there may be some problem in the secondary IDE port(may be some pin might have broken or some short circuit might have occured have a check) just take your motherboard to the motherboard technician if so ...

here is where you can find the driver downloads as well as the manual. hope this helps.

Pedro -

I'll assume each of these is an IDE device, meaning each has a wide connector versus a narrow SATA connector commonly found on newer hard drives.

Your motherboard should have two IDE channels, labeled IDE 1 and IDE 2, Primary IDE and Secondary IDE, or something similar. Each IDE channel can support two devices.

For best performance between the drives, you will want to have the Hard Drive connected as Master(Drive 0) on the Primary IDE channel; The CDROM should be connected as Slave(Drive 1) on the Primary IDE channel. Connect the DVDROM as Master(Drive 0) on the Secondary IDE channel, and the ZIP Drive as Slave on the Secondary IDE channel.

When connecting the drives, make sure you set the jumpers correctly; Both the Hard Drive and the DVDROM should have their jumpers set to Master, the CDROM and Zip drives should have their jumpers set to Slave. An alternative is to set the jumpers for every drive to Cable Select(CS), allowing the physical connection of each drive to determine whether its a Master or Slave device.

*Note*
If your Hard Drive is a SATA device, connect it to the '0' or '1' SATA connector on the motherboard. Have the DVDROM set up by itsself as Master on the primary IDE channel, the CDROM as Master on the Secondary IDE channel, and the ZIP as Slave on the Secondary IDE channel.

Hope this helps!
-thinstatic

Are the drivers for your device Vista compatible?

Head for the manufactuerer's website and get the latest software. There might be bug fixes that will solve your problem.

The board is a mini-ATX board. As such the ASUS M2NPV-VM board is able to fit into any mini-ATX case or bigger.

uATX Form Factor, 9.6" x 9.6" (24.5cm x 24.5cm)

Try to check if there are some capacitor has been damage. Replace the capacitor in each specific specification. You can do it yourself by using soldering iron.

Hope this is helpful to you.

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