Boot time is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW when second HDD is added.

[bjc112]

Hey all,

When I have my SATA 160GB (SATA4) hooked up boot time is extremely fast <30

When I add a 80GB ATA drive as secondary master/slave ( Own cable ) boot time at the very least quadruples!!!

What could cause this?


http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/bjc112/hdd.JPG

 

[saltedeggman]

how long does it take to detect the second drive during POST

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman
how long does it take to detect the second drive during POST

They are both detected almost instantly.

At the Windows XP loading screen, with just the SATA drive hooked up, it maybe makes 2 passes with the bar. 3 at most.

When I threw in the ATA drive that bar maybe makes 25 passes.

It seems that the HDD Led is not active for a solid 30 seconds. Then comes on..

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I was going to ask if you're sure you have the jumper in the right position (like single drive rather than master), but that makes it hang on detection during posts like saltedeggman was talking about...

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I was going to ask if you're sure you have the jumper in the right position (like single drive rather than master), but that makes it hang on detection during posts like saltedeggman was talking about...

Ya I have no issues until I get to the XP loading screen!

 

[bjc112]

Does this many (3) Primary and secondary seem right to anyone?

Seems off to me ?

And I don't have a PCI IDE controller in the system either, so what is device manager referring too?

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/bjc112/hdd.JPG




EDIT: Unistalling 2 of the P IDE / S IDE did nothing.. Just reinstalled after reboot!

WTF!!!

 

[bjc112]

My 6800GT is really acting up as well.

I can run Prime95 for hours, but throw HL2 or Star wars on and it crashes within 10 minutes ( not overclocked)

After the intial hard crash, it seems thats when my boot time went up as well?!?!

I might swap the card out tomorrow and see.

Anyone ever hear of this?!!