Re: 2 SATA on a7n8x deluxe
- From: "bushy2" <nbushnel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:17:19 GMT
hooray, the 1008-D bios fixed my problem.
For those who bothered to read all of that, i apologise for wasting 2
minutes of your time.
Bushy
"bushy2" <nbushnel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:fKtuf.167487$V7.88995@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This one is driving me nucking futs.
>
> Yesterday i had my A7N8x deluxe rev 2 booting happily into winXP from a
> single maxtor 120gig SATA hdd. Then i bought a second SATA hdd, a 200gig
> Maxtor. I wasn't interested in RAID, but i figured SATA is the way of the
> future and i have a spare plug on the mainboard. So, the plan was to have
> two seperate hard drives, one of 120gigs and the other of 200gigs.
>
> A perfect opportunity to reformat and clean out the nerd-box, so i started
> from scratch. I installed the two hdds, the smaller of the two as the
> primary as this is where i wanted my windows install. I get through the
> winxp install without a hitch, installing the SCSI driver as commanded,
> and creating a single 120gig partition on my primary hdd. Once windows is
> loaded and i have video drivers and such on, i format the 20 gig drive as
> a single partition.
>
> it all goes awry when i restart the computer for the first time without
> the windows CD in the drive. The computer freezes after "verifying dmi
> something....." it says booting from CD, but there is no CD to boot from.
> and it never progresses. it just sits there. In much frustration i
> disconnected the 200gig drive and windows booted up flawlessly. So i
> reconnect the drive, and the same thing happens, the booting process
> freezes without even making it to the windows screen. if i start the
> computer with the windows CD in the drive, it loads fine, both hdds
> recognized perfectly.
>
> After a search of google groups, i haven't come across anyone with the
> same problem.
>
> In a nutshell, windows won't boot with both hdds connected. I am not
> interested in making an array, and yes, th ebios is set to boot from scsi.
> Any ideas? i'm going to try flashing the bios to 1008 tonight, and i'm
> hoping the updated Sil bios included in that will help, but i fear not.
> Any ideas, people of usenet?
>
> Bushy
>
> PS. damn i'm long winded.
>
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