Smallish HDD Required . . . Or Help With Slow Boot ?
15 September 2003, 10:32 AM
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Anyone got a smallish hard drive that they do not need ?
Need something 10-20Gb for my dads PC as the two 10's that I have seem to make it take ages to boot.
If you don't have one, any idea what is causing the slow boot ?
It won't autodetct the drive in the bios (F3) & when entered manually makes the PC stall for about a minute at the bios drive detection stage
Bit of a PITA.
My dads a tight git, so the cheaper the better please
Specs . . .
K7S5A Pro
Athlon 1.1Ghz
256 PC2100 DDR Ram
GeForce MX200
Thanks
Need something 10-20Gb for my dads PC as the two 10's that I have seem to make it take ages to boot.
If you don't have one, any idea what is causing the slow boot ?
It won't autodetct the drive in the bios (F3) & when entered manually makes the PC stall for about a minute at the bios drive detection stage
Bit of a PITA.My dads a tight git, so the cheaper the better please
Specs . . .
K7S5A Pro
Athlon 1.1Ghz
256 PC2100 DDR Ram
GeForce MX200
Thanks
15 September 2003, 10:46 AM
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Cheers guys. Jojo - Not upgraded the bios yet, its a new mobo, but probably worth a go anyway.
Dom - There is one CD-RW and one DVD-Rom drive on the secondary IDE and the HDD is the master in the primary (on its own). It detects the CD-RW & DVD rom instantly. Reckon its still worth a go ? Or maybe try connecting the HDD to the secondary and booting from that ?
Had exactly the same problem when I tried the HDD on a standard K7S5A too
Thanks for the help so far
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 9/15/2003 10:46:46 AM]
Dom - There is one CD-RW and one DVD-Rom drive on the secondary IDE and the HDD is the master in the primary (on its own). It detects the CD-RW & DVD rom instantly. Reckon its still worth a go ? Or maybe try connecting the HDD to the secondary and booting from that ?
Had exactly the same problem when I tried the HDD on a standard K7S5A too
Thanks for the help so far
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 9/15/2003 10:46:46 AM]
15 September 2003, 11:14 AM
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ive got a k7s5a and had no problems apart from a conflict with a netgear network card...is there a netgear attached at all? it prevents detection of cd drives or hard drives....
15 September 2003, 11:20 AM
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Nope, no NIC installed just yet. Only installed the drive and the gfx card so far.
I'll try removing the drives on IDE1 to see if that helps first.
Anything else worth trying ?
I'll try removing the drives on IDE1 to see if that helps first.
Anything else worth trying ?
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15 September 2003, 11:24 AM
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Sounds like a plan 
Been nothing but grief this machine 
First mobo was shafted, no ports worked or anything ! Second is looking to be the same. Must be drive related.
Been nothing but grief this machine First mobo was shafted, no ports worked or anything ! Second is looking to be the same. Must be drive related.
15 September 2003, 03:23 PM
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Not yet mate. Got 2 of the same Western Digital Caviar drives and they both do it. Just ordered myself another (third 
) 120Gb drive for mine so I'll try my old 40Gb one I'm replacing in it and hopefully it'll sort it
) 120Gb drive for mine so I'll try my old 40Gb one I'm replacing in it and hopefully it'll sort it
15 September 2003, 04:25 PM
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are you using ata100 cables???
if so, good...
try in the second channel if the cd/dvd are ok....
defo should be able to autodetect.... maybe try another brqand/type of drive....
if so, good...
try in the second channel if the cd/dvd are ok....
defo should be able to autodetect.... maybe try another brqand/type of drive....
15 September 2003, 04:35 PM
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Its Win98SE Chris. Once it gets past the POST it runs fine.
Yep, using 80 strand IDE cables Drive set to Master - Maybe try Cable Select ?
I'll try booting it on IDE1 when I get home and also try removing the other drives from the equation.
Failing that it looks like I'll have to donate my 40Gb drive
Thanks for everyones help and suggestions
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 9/15/2003 4:36:27 PM]
Yep, using 80 strand IDE cables
Drive set to Master - Maybe try Cable Select ?I'll try booting it on IDE1 when I get home and also try removing the other drives from the equation.
Failing that it looks like I'll have to donate my 40Gb drive
Thanks for everyones help and suggestions
[Edited by DJ Dunk - 9/15/2003 4:36:27 PM]
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