Guest Warrren Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 I have a sata 200gig hdd as "C" in non raid configuration on controller one. I would like to a another sata 200gig hdd on controller 2. When i conect the 2nd drive and boot up I get to the boot up screen and then the system freezes and then attempts to re-boot. I am running XP SP2 fully upated on Abit AV8 mobo with AMD 3200+ via raid 8237 Any ideas would be appreciated.
Guest usasma Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 RE: SATA HDD Sounds like there's a problem with the second disk. Try the second disk on another system to see if it causes the same behavior - if so, then the disk is likely to be bad. - John "Warrren" wrote: > I have a sata 200gig hdd as "C" in non raid configuration on controller one. > I would like to a another sata 200gig hdd on controller 2. When i conect the > 2nd drive and boot up I get to the boot up screen and then the system freezes > and then attempts to re-boot. > > I am running XP SP2 fully upated on Abit AV8 mobo with AMD 3200+ via raid 8237 > > Any ideas would be appreciated.
Guest Anna Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: SATA HDD > "Warrren" wrote: > >> I have a sata 200gig hdd as "C" in non raid configuration on controller >> one. >> I would like to a another sata 200gig hdd on controller 2. When i conect >> the >> 2nd drive and boot up I get to the boot up screen and then the system >> freezes >> and then attempts to re-boot. >> >> I am running XP SP2 fully upated on Abit AV8 mobo with AMD 3200+ via raid >> 8237 >> >> Any ideas would be appreciated. "usasma" <usasma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EFBEDC25-2077-450F-AC7B-BE5B618EF189@microsoft.com... > Sounds like there's a problem with the second disk. Try the second disk > on > another system to see if it causes the same behavior - if so, then the > disk > is likely to be bad. > > - John Warren: 1. First of all, we're making an assumption that the system boots & functions without problems when the *only* HDD connected to the system is your original 200 GB HDD. That there have been no problems with the system until you connected your new 200 GB SATA HDD as a secondary HDD. That's right, isn't it? 2. And, of course, your newer SATA 200 GB HDD is similarly non-defective. Have you checked it out with the HDD diagnostic utility from the manufacturer of that disk? 3. And you've correctly connected the boot drive to the motherboard's SATA 1 connector and the newer 200 GB HDD to the SATA 2 connector. You're certain your connections are OK, right? 4. Have you reviewed your User's Manual - specifically the section that deals with SATA HDD installation - to ensure that those BIOS settings are set correctly especially as they relate to the kind of non-RAID configuration that you're working with? That the BIOS settings for hard drive priority order are correct for your configuration? Check this out carefully. 5. I believe that ABIT board supports the 1.5 Gb/sec SATA data interface and not the 3 Gb/sec one. That shouldn't be a problem since the system (apparently) doesn't have a problem with your 200 GB boot drive which I'm assuming is a SATA-II device and in nearly all cases there is backwards capability anyway. But your newer 200 GB HDD may not be the same make/model as the boot drive, so check that out in case any jumper configuration would be necessary for the newer HDD to establish 1.5 Gb/sec capability. Just in case that's causing the problem.
Guest Warrren Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: SATA HDD "Anna" wrote: > > > "Warrren" wrote: > > > >> I have a sata 200gig hdd as "C" in non raid configuration on controller > >> one. > >> I would like to a another sata 200gig hdd on controller 2. When i conect > >> the > >> 2nd drive and boot up I get to the boot up screen and then the system > >> freezes > >> and then attempts to re-boot. > >> > >> I am running XP SP2 fully upated on Abit AV8 mobo with AMD 3200+ via raid > >> 8237 > >> > >> Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > "usasma" <usasma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EFBEDC25-2077-450F-AC7B-BE5B618EF189@microsoft.com... > > Sounds like there's a problem with the second disk. Try the second disk > > on > > another system to see if it causes the same behavior - if so, then the > > disk > > is likely to be bad. > > > > - John > > > Warren: > 1. First of all, we're making an assumption that the system boots & > functions without problems when the *only* HDD connected to the system is > your original 200 GB HDD. That there have been no problems with the system > until you connected your new 200 GB SATA HDD as a secondary HDD. That's > right, isn't it? > > 2. And, of course, your newer SATA 200 GB HDD is similarly non-defective. > Have you checked it out with the HDD diagnostic utility from the > manufacturer of that disk? > > 3. And you've correctly connected the boot drive to the motherboard's SATA 1 > connector and the newer 200 GB HDD to the SATA 2 connector. You're certain > your connections are OK, right? > > 4. Have you reviewed your User's Manual - specifically the section that > deals with SATA HDD installation - to ensure that those BIOS settings are > set correctly especially as they relate to the kind of non-RAID > configuration that you're working with? That the BIOS settings for hard > drive priority order are correct for your configuration? Check this out > carefully. > > 5. I believe that ABIT board supports the 1.5 Gb/sec SATA data interface and > not the 3 Gb/sec one. That shouldn't be a problem since the system > (apparently) doesn't have a problem with your 200 GB boot drive which I'm > assuming is a SATA-II device and in nearly all cases there is backwards > capability anyway. But your newer 200 GB HDD may not be the same make/model > as the boot drive, so check that out in case any jumper configuration would > be necessary for the newer HDD to establish 1.5 Gb/sec capability. Just in > case that's causing the problem. Hi Anna, Answer to 1 is yes. Answer to 2 is no I don't have another system available to check the drive, I will disconnect my "C" drive and plug the new drive into controller 1 and see what happens. Answer to 3 is yes all connections are right, I have checked them time and time again. Answer to 4: I have read the manual 5 times and cannot find in the BIOS how to access the hdd boot priority all it allows me to do is enable the Via Sata Rom/Raid. I will check the 2nd drive as it is Maxtor and the original drive is a Samsung. Thanks for your help, Warren
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