PCI devices wont post, help me

[oXide 0]

I am trying to set up a supermicro-p6-dbs motherboard and the devices in my PCI bus wont do their thing....ie the Abit ATA/100 Raid controller I have in there wont post up and scan the IDE bus....what is wrong with it. I've been through the cmos about 100000 tiumes and I cant figure out what I need to do. Also, the ethernet card wont say "Press control-S to enter setup" or whatever it says. It just goes through the standard bios crap, then tries to load to the OS. Help me

 

-oXide

[oldspice 0]

try taking all cards off your pci bus except the raid and video(if its pci), and then try booting to see if it starts..may be a conflict with another card..and if that doesnt work try a different slot.check hardrive connections to make sure they are attached properly.you have probably already tried this

[oXide 0]

Thanks, but I've tried this but to no avail...maybe if i flashed the bios??? I've gone to supermicro's website, but its down...hmmm. maybe a bad sign, heh. anymore suggestions? It is a workstation mobo with onboard scsi and ami's winbios....I've disabled ths onboard scsi, and onboard ide, but it still doesnt want to post. what gives?

 

thanks

-oXide

[oXide 0]

help me =( <---thats a sad face

 

I've tried absolutley everything. This bios, however, i am unfamiliar with. its ami's winbios. Does anyone out there with it know of anything special in there i need to set? I've tried various jumpers etc everywhere and nothing works.