AsROCK Dual SATA boot issues

[morkus64]

I know there are a few similar threads, but I seem to be having different troubles...

Basically I was having the problem others were having - a 15 second or so delay while booting while loading drives - I fixed that by switching ide ports (so the cd and dvd are on the second port) (Bolded for people who have that problem). Now everything loads, then I get a black screen with a flashing space (like you get in DOS) for 2-3 seconds before the windows logo comes up.

 

[imported_Seer]

LOL, boy will I laugh if this fixes everyone's cold boot problems. It says so quite clearly on the motherboard (by the IDE ports) to do this. Reading instructions 4tw.

 

[Ike0069]

Yea, it does clearly say in the instructions to put opticals on IDE2.

OP, I'm not sure I understand your problem now. Is it working now and the only issues is the 2-3 sec. delay, or is not even fully booting Windows?

 

[imported_Seer]

The 2 -3 second delay hes talking about his normal AFAIK. It's searching for boot devices. So it sounds like he doesn't have a problem anymore.

 

[morkus64]

it's working, i guess.. I just never had that delay with my old intel 875pbz