diff --git a/Source/HBIOS/ide.asm b/Source/HBIOS/ide.asm
index c7689099..5b944de6 100644
--- a/Source/HBIOS/ide.asm
+++ b/Source/HBIOS/ide.asm
@@ -1369,12 +1369,13 @@ IDE_PROBE:
 #ENDIF
 	CALL	DELAY			; DELAY ~16US
 ;
-; THE RC2014 SD PICO TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO INITIALIZE.  DURING THIS
-; TIME IT APPEARS TO RETURN $00.  BELOW IS A SPECIAL CASE FOR RC2014
-; TO WAIT FOR THIS DEVICE TO INITIALIZE.  WE ONLY DO THIS IF THE
-; MASTER DEVICE IS BEING PROBED.  WHEN THE SLAVE DEVICE IS
-; SELECTED, THE SD PICO WILL ALWAYS RETURN ZERO AND CAUSE AN
-; UNNECESSARY DELAY.
+; THE RC2014 SD PICO TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO INITIALIZE.  ATEMPTING TO
+; ACCESS IT DURING THIS TIME WILL FAIL.  THE DATA LINES ALL HAVE
+; PULL-DOWN RESISTORS, SO WHILE IT IS INITIALIZING, READING ANY
+; REGISTER WILL CONSISTENTLY RETURN $00.  THE FOLLOWING BIT OF CODE
+; WILL SCAN THE IDE REGISTER BLOCK.  WHILE ALL REGISTERS REMAIN ZERO,
+; WE WAIT (UNTIL TIMEOUT).  IN MY TESTING, IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY
+; THAT ANY OTHER DEVICE WILL RETURN $00 FOR ALL REGISTERS.
 ;
 	LD	A,(IY+IDE_MODE)		; GET MODE BITS
 	CP	IDEMODE_RC		; RCBUS?
@@ -1394,15 +1395,28 @@ IDE_PROBE:
 	JR	NZ,IDE_PROBE0		; SKIP IF NOT $00
 ;
 #IF (IDETRACE >= 3)
-	PRTS(" WAIT$")
+	PRTS(" PICO$")
 #ENDIF
-	LD	HL,(IDE_TIMEOUT)	; GET CURRENT TIMEOUT
-	PUSH	HL			; SAVE IT
-	LD	HL,IDE_TOPICO		; SLOW TIMEOUT FOR THIS
-	LD	(IDE_TIMEOUT),HL	; SET IT
-	CALL	IDE_WAIT00		; WAIT FOR $00 TO CLEAR
-	POP	HL			; RECOVER TIMEOUT
-	LD	(IDE_TIMEOUT),HL	; SET IT
+	LD	HL,500			; 5 SECONDS
+IDE_WAIT001:
+	;CALL	NEWLINE
+	LD	C,(IY+IDE_IOBASE)
+	LD	B,8			; NUMBER OF REGISTERS TO CHECK
+IDE_WAIT002:
+	IN	A,(C)			; GET REGISTER VALUE
+	;CALL	PC_SPACE
+	;CALL	PRTHEXBYTE
+	OR	A			; SET FLAGS
+	JR	NZ,IDE_PROBE0		; IF NOT ZERO, MOVE ON
+	INC	C			; NEXT REGISTER
+	DJNZ	IDE_WAIT002		; CHECK ALL 8 REGS
+	LD	DE,10000/16		; .01 SECONDS
+	CALL	VDELAY
+	DEC	HL
+	LD	A,H
+	OR	L
+	JR	NZ,IDE_WAIT001		; LOOP
+	;JP	IDE_NOMEDIA		; GIVE UP?
 ;
 ; IF WE GET HERE AND THE DRIVE IS STILL INITIALIZING, WE NEED TO
 ; WAIT UNTIL THE DRIVE IS READY.  IN THIS CASE BUSY *WILL* BE HIGH.
@@ -1498,28 +1512,22 @@ IDE_INITDEV:
 	PRTS(" INITDEV$")		; LABEL FOR IO ADDRESS
 #ENDIF
 ;
-; WE NOW USE AN IDENTIFY DEVICE COMMAND TO ENSURE WE HAVE A WORKING
-; DEVICE.  NO DATA IS RETRIEVED BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET ESTABLISHED
-; 8/16 BIT I/O MODE.  IF THE DEVICE IS ATAPI, IT WILL RETURN A
-; COMMAND ABORTED ERROR BY DESIGN.  IF THAT HAPPENS, WE GO TO THE
-; ATAPI INITIALIZATION AND TRY THAT.  IDEALLY, WE WOULD CHECK FOR
-; THE PACKET DEVICE SIGNATURE.
-;
-	LD	A,IDE_CMD_IDDEV		; IDENTIFY DEVICE CMD
-	LD	(IDE_CMD),A		; SAVE IT
-	CALL	IDE_RUNCMD_ND		; RUN COMMAND
-	JR	NZ,IDE_INITPDEV		; ON ERROR, TRY PACKET DEVICE
+#IF (IDETRACE >= 3)
+	CALL	IDE_REGDUMP
+#ENDIF
 ;
-; IF THE SLAVE DEVICE IS SELECTED, BUT DOES NOT EXIST, THEN THE MASTER
-; DEVICE WILL FORCE THE STATUS BYTE TO BE ZERO.  AS SUCH, THE IDENTIFY
-; DEVICE COMMAND ABOVE WILL APPEAR TO SUCCEED.  AT THIS POINT, WE
-; EXPLICITLY CHECK FOR A STATUS OF ZERO.  IF SO, WE CONVERT THIS TO
-; A NO MEDIA ERROR.
+; ON ENTRY, WE HAVE ALREADY CHECKED THAT THE BUSY BIT IS CLEARED AND
+; DRDY SHOULD BE SET.  IF DRDY IS NOT SET, IF COULD MEAN EITHER A
+; NON-EXISTENT SLAVE DEVICE OR AN ATAPI DEVICE.  TO AVOID UNNECESSARY
+; TIMEOUTS, WE CHECK FOR DRDY.  IF IT IS NOT SET, THEN WE ASSUME THIS
+; MUST BE AN ATAPI DEVICE AND GO TRY TO DO THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION.
+; IF THIS WAS ACTUALLY A NON-EXISTENT SLAVE, THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION
+; WILL HANDLE THIS PRETTY WELL.
 ;
 	CALL	IDE_IN
 	.DB	IDE_REG_STAT
-	OR	A
-	JP	Z,IDE_NOMEDIA
+	BIT	6,A			; DRDY?
+	JR	Z,IDE_INITPDEV		; ODD, MIGHT BE ATAPI
 ;
 ; WE NEED TO SETUP 8-BIT MODE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE
 ;
@@ -1539,8 +1547,12 @@ IDE_INITDEV0:
 ;
 IDE_INITDEV00:
 ;
+	; WE NOW USE AN IDENTIFY DEVICE COMMAND TO CONFIRM THE
+	; DEVICE IS REALLY THERE AND GET SOME ATTRIBUTES.  IF THE
+	; COMMAND FAILS, IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE AN ATAPI DEVICE AND
+	; SO WE GO TO THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION ON FAILURE.
 	CALL	IDE_IDENTIFY		; EXECUTE IDENTIFY COMMAND
-	RET	NZ			; BAIL OUT ON ERROR
+	JR	NZ,IDE_INITPDEV		; TRY ATAPI ON FAILURE
 ;
 	; DECLARE WE ARE ATA
 	LD	A,IDE_TYPEATA		; OTHERWISE TYPE=ATA
@@ -1594,6 +1606,12 @@ IDE_INITDEV2:
 ; (RE)INITIALIZE PACKET DEVICE
 ;
 IDE_INITPDEV:
+;
+#IF (IDETRACE >= 3)
+	CALL	IDE_PRTPREFIX
+	PRTS(" INITPDEV$")		; LABEL FOR IO ADDRESS
+#ENDIF
+	;
 	CALL	IDE_IDENTIFYPACKET	; EXECUTE IDENTIFY COMMAND
 	RET	NZ			; BAIL OUT ON ERROR
 ;
@@ -1626,10 +1644,14 @@ IDE_INITPDEV1:
 	CP	IDE_STNOMEDIA		; EXPLICIT NO MEDIA RESULT?
 	RET	Z			; EXIT REPORTING NO MEDIA
 	CP	IDE_STNOTRDY		; BECOMING READY?
-	JR	Z,IDE_INITPDEV1		; IF SO, NOT AN ERROR, LOOP
+	JR	Z,IDE_INITDEVP1A	; IF SO, NOT AN ERROR, LOOP
 	DEC	C			; DEC ERROR LIMIT
-	RET	Z			; BAIL OUT LIMIT EXCEEDED
+	RET	Z			; BAIL OUT, ERR LIMIT EXCEEDED
 	JR	IDE_INITPDEV1		; LOOP
+IDE_INITDEVP1A:
+	LD	DE,100000/16		; WAIT 1/10 SECOND
+	CALL	VDELAY			; DO IT
+	JR	IDE_INITPDEV1		; AND LOOP
 ;
 IDE_INITPDEV2:
 #IF (IDETRACE >= 3)
@@ -1674,21 +1696,21 @@ IDE_INITPDEV2:
 	POP	BC			; RECOVER SAVE LOCATION
 	CALL	ST32			; STORE VALUE
 ;
-	; CHECK BLOCK LENGTH.  WE CAN'T CURRENTLY HANDLE ANYTHING
-	; MORE THAN 512 BYTES.  THIS PRECLUDES CD-ROM FOR NOW.
+	; CHECK BLOCK LENGTH.  WE CURRENTLY ONLY SUPPORT 512 BYTE
+	; BLOCKS.  CD-ROM DEVICES (WHICH USE 2k BLOCKS) WILL FAIL
+	; HERE AS NOT SUPPORTED.
 	LD	HL,HB_WRKBUF+4		; POINT TO BLK SIZE IN RESULT
 	CALL	LD32			; LOAD IT TO DE:HL
-	LD	A,D			; TEST FOR ANYTHING IN
-	OR	E			; ... HIGH WORD
-	JP	NZ,IDE_NOTSUP		; IF SO, BLK SIZE TOO BIG
-	OR	A			; CLEAR CARRY
-	LD	BC,512			; COMPARE LOW WORD
-	CALL	PC_SPACE
-	CALL	PRTHEXWORDHL
-	SBC	HL,BC			; ... TO 512
-	CALL	PC_SPACE
-	CALL	PRTHEXWORDHL
-	JP	C,IDE_NOTSUP		; IF OVER, BLK SIZE TOO BIG
+	; VALUE IS BIG ENDIAN, SO LH:ED MUST BE EXACTLY 0000:0200
+	LD	A,L			; CHECK THAT LH
+	OR	H			; ... IS ZERO
+	JP	NZ,IDE_NOTSUP		; IF NOT, FAIL AS NOT SUP
+	LD	A,D			; LOAD D
+	OR	A			; SET FLAGS
+	JP	NZ,IDE_NOTSUP		; IF NOT ZERO, FAIL AS NOT SUP
+	LD	A,E			; LOAD E
+	CP	2			; CHECK IT IF IS 2
+	JP	NZ,IDE_NOTSUP		; IF NOT, FAIL AS NOT SUP
 ;
 	; CHECK BLOCK LENGTH.  WE CURRENTLY ONLY SUPPORT 512 BYTE
 	; BLOCKS.  CD-ROM DEVICES (WHICH USE 2k BLOCKS) WILL FAIL
@@ -1796,26 +1818,6 @@ IDE_WAITBSY2:
 	DJNZ	IDE_WAITBSY1								; -----
 	JP	IDE_BSYTO		; EXIT WITH BSYTO ERR				; 180
 ;
-;
-;
-IDE_WAIT00:
-	LD	A,(IDE_TIMEOUT)		; GET TIMEOUT IN 0.1 SECS
-	LD	B,A			; PUT IN OUTER LOOP VAR
-IDE_WAIT001:
-	LD	DE,(IDE_TOSCALER)	; CPU SPPED SCALER TO INNER LOOP VAR
-IDE_WAIT002:
-	;IN	A,(IDE_REG_STAT)	; READ STATUS
-	CALL	IDE_IN
-	.DB	IDE_REG_STAT
-	OR	A			; SET FLAGS
-	RET	NZ			; DONE IF NOT ZERO
-	DEC	DE
-	LD	A,D
-	OR	E
-	JR	NZ,IDE_WAIT002
-	DJNZ	IDE_WAIT001
-	RET				; DONE
-;
 ; READ A VALUE FROM THE DEVICE POINTED TO BY IY AND RETURN IT IN A
 ;
 IDE_IN:
diff --git a/Source/HBIOS/ppide.asm b/Source/HBIOS/ppide.asm
index 9d38bacf..f37cac09 100644
--- a/Source/HBIOS/ppide.asm
+++ b/Source/HBIOS/ppide.asm
@@ -1533,28 +1533,23 @@ PPIDE_INITDEV:
 	PRTS(" INITDEV$")		; LABEL FOR IO ADDRESS
 #ENDIF
 ;
-; WE NOW USE AN IDENTIFY DEVICE COMMAND TO ENSURE WE HAVE A WORKING
-; DEVICE.  NO DATA IS RETRIEVED BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YET ESTABLISHED
-; 8/16 BIT I/O MODE.  IF THE DEVICE IS ATAPI, IT WILL RETURN A
-; COMMAND ABORTED ERROR BY DESIGN.  IF THAT HAPPENS, WE GO TO THE
-; ATAPI INITIALIZATION AND TRY THAT.  IDEALLY, WE WOULD CHECK FOR
-; THE PACKET DEVICE SIGNATURE.
-;
-	LD	A,PPIDE_CMD_IDDEV	; IDENTIFY DEVICE CMD
-	LD	(PPIDE_CMD),A		; SAVE IT
-	CALL	PPIDE_RUNCMD_ND		; RUN COMMAND
-	JR	NZ,PPIDE_INITPDEV	; ON ERROR, TRY PACKET DEVICE
+#IF (PPIDETRACE >= 3)
+	CALL	PPIDE_REGDUMP
+#ENDIF
 ;
-; IF THE SLAVE DEVICE IS SELECTED, BUT DOES NOT EXIST, THEN THE MASTER
-; DEVICE WILL FORCE THE STATUS BYTE TO BE ZERO.  AS SUCH, THE IDENTIFY
-; DEVICE COMMAND ABOVE WILL APPEAR TO SUCCEED.  AT THIS POINT, WE
-; EXPLICITLY CHECK FOR A STATUS OF ZERO.  IF SO, WE CONVERT THIS TO
-; A NO MEDIA ERROR.
+; ON ENTRY, WE HAVE ALREADY CHECKED THAT THE BUSY BIT IS CLEARED AND
+; DRDY SHOULD BE SET.  IF DRDY IS NOT SET, IF COULD MEAN EITHER A
+; NON-EXISTENT SLAVE DEVICE OR AN ATAPI DEVICE.  TO AVOID UNNECESSARY
+; TIMEOUTS, WE CHECK FOR DRDY.  IF IT IS NOT SET, THEN WE ASSUME THIS
+; MUST BE AN ATAPI DEVICE AND GO TRY TO DO THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION.
+; IF THIS WAS ACTUALLY A NON-EXISTENT SLAVE, THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION
+; WILL HANDLE THIS PRETTY WELL.
 ;
 	CALL	PPIDE_IN
 	.DB	PPIDE_REG_STAT
-	OR	A
-	JP	Z,PPIDE_NOMEDIA
+	BIT	6,A			; DRDY?
+	JR	Z,PPIDE_INITPDEV	; ODD, MIGHT BE ATAPI
+	
 ;
 ; WE NEED TO SETUP 8-BIT MODE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE
 ;
@@ -1574,8 +1569,12 @@ PPIDE_INITDEV0:
 ;
 PPIDE_INITDEV00:
 ;
+	; WE NOW USE AN IDENTIFY DEVICE COMMAND TO CONFIRM THE
+	; DEVICE IS REALLY THERE AND GET SOME ATTRIBUTES.  IF THE
+	; COMMAND FAILS, IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE AN ATAPI DEVICE AND
+	; SO WE GO TO THE ATAPI INITIALIZATION ON FAILURE.
 	CALL	PPIDE_IDENTIFY		; EXECUTE PPIDENTIFY COMMAND
-	RET	NZ			; BAIL OUT ON ERROR
+	JR	NZ,PPIDE_INITPDEV	; TRY ATAPI ON FAILURE
 ;
 	; DECLARE WE ARE ATA
 	LD	A,PPIDE_TYPEATA		; OTHERWISE TYPE=ATA
@@ -1629,6 +1628,12 @@ PPIDE_INITDEV2:
 ; (RE)INITIALIZE PACKET DEVICE
 ;
 PPIDE_INITPDEV:
+;
+#IF (PPIDETRACE >= 3)
+	CALL	PPIDE_PRTPREFIX
+	PRTS(" INITPDEV$")		; LABEL FOR IO ADDRESS
+#ENDIF
+;
 	CALL	PPIDE_IDENTIFYPACKET	; EXECUTE IDENTIFY COMMAND
 	RET	NZ			; BAIL OUT ON ERROR
 ;
@@ -1661,10 +1666,14 @@ PPIDE_INITPDEV1:
 	CP	PPIDE_STNOMEDIA		; EXPLICIT NO MEDIA RESULT?
 	RET	Z			; EXIT REPORTING NO MEDIA
 	CP	PPIDE_STNOTRDY		; BECOMING READY?
-	JR	Z,PPIDE_INITPDEV1	; IF SO, NOT AN ERROR, LOOP
+	JR	Z,PPIDE_INITDEVP1A	; IF SO, NOT AN ERROR, LOOP
 	DEC	C			; DEC ERROR LIMIT
-	RET	Z			; BAIL OUT LIMIT EXCEEDED
+	RET	Z			; BAIL OUT, ERR LIMIT EXCEEDED
 	JR	PPIDE_INITPDEV1		; LOOP
+PPIDE_INITDEVP1A:
+	LD	DE,100000/16		; WAIT 1/10 SECOND
+	CALL	VDELAY			; DO IT
+	JR	PPIDE_INITPDEV1		; AND LOOP
 ;
 PPIDE_INITPDEV2:
 #IF (PPIDETRACE >= 3)
diff --git a/Source/ver.inc b/Source/ver.inc
index e270861d..de854ae9 100644
--- a/Source/ver.inc
+++ b/Source/ver.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #DEFINE	RMN	3
 #DEFINE	RUP	0
 #DEFINE	RTP	0
-#DEFINE BIOSVER	"3.3.0-dev.23"
+#DEFINE BIOSVER	"3.3.0-dev.24"
 #define rmj	RMJ
 #define rmn	RMN
 #define rup	RUP
diff --git a/Source/ver.lib b/Source/ver.lib
index 10bbdb8d..47f27fc5 100644
--- a/Source/ver.lib
+++ b/Source/ver.lib
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ rmn	equ	3
 rup	equ	0
 rtp	equ	0
 biosver	macro
-	db	"3.3.0-dev.23"
+	db	"3.3.0-dev.24"
 	endm