ISA Bus instead of IDE

martinwechsler9 · ‎2003-11-13

Posted on November 13, 2003 at 18:08

martinwechsler9 · ‎2003-11-07

Posted on November 07, 2003 at 10:00

Does anybody know if I can disable the IDE bus and use only the ISA bus.

If thatÂ´s possible, is there a way to generate internally the chip selects when the IDE Bus is disabled?

The fact is that I cannot use the IDE bus but I need to access a Hard drive. I could implement it on the ISA Bus, but i need the chip select signals. Unfortunatelly I donÂ´t have enough room to place any kind of decoder.

If anyone has a clue...

Thanks.

marios · ‎2003-11-13

Posted on November 13, 2003 at 18:08

You message misses details for an answer from the people:

- what CPU are you using?

- ISA and IDE almost share the same lines, why can't you use the IDE?

- can your BIOS allow you to use a USB hard drive?