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January 17th, 2004, 12:49 PM
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| Recognizing HDD at POST: HDD firmware of BIOS Problem?
I have a ECS K7S5A.
I have two Maxtor 80G on a cable select master/slave setup.
When I boot up cold, (in the AM ~ 65 deg F) it sees the Primary HDD as some odd brand and won't boot, even after several tries. If I go into Bios and do "F3" is recognizes OK and boots fine. A warm boot is fine, and a cold boot after is has been running for awhile is fine, too. Seems temperature related to me.
I RMA'd a HDD to Maxtor for the same reason. The HDD is I got back is probably a refurb, and it is the master.
Is this likely to be a motherboard issue or a HDD issue?
I e mailed ECS tech support, but I'm not holding my breath...
Thanks in advance...
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January 17th, 2004, 07:10 PM
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If the mobo's got a few years on it... try replacing the CMOS battery (only costs a few dollars).
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January 17th, 2004, 09:01 PM
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I remember reading instruction on the cable select settings, that the IDE ribbon cable supplied with the drive must be used.
I have no idea why, but it would not work with cable select, and rounded 80 wire cables. | |
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January 18th, 2004, 12:43 AM
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I changed out the battery, I'll see how it behaves tomorrow AM.
Regarding the cable, it is working most of the time. The problem is intermittent so I doubt it is the cable. I give it a reseat before I close it up, tho.
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January 18th, 2004, 01:41 AM
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I just upgraded from 2 maxtors totalling 100gig to 1 maxtor at 120 gig and had a simlar problem. Turned out to be the power supply.
Worth a look see.
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January 18th, 2004, 12:08 PM
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Well, I changed the battery and it started ok. It's not very cold this morning but I think maybe the battery was the culprit.
Great! Now how am I going to convince the wife I need another motherboard and XP 3200!
I just changed to power supply to an Antec True Power 380. My old Antec PS had like 5 years on it decided to change it out rather than wait for it to fail.
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January 18th, 2004, 01:40 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Chuckiechan
...Great! Now how am I going to convince the wife I need another motherboard and XP 3200!.... | Take out and hide the battery... and show her the d*mn thing just doesn't work anymore 
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January 23rd, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Just a follow up...
I think it may have been an IDE cable. I put a new one on and so far, so good.
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