Hard Drive Detection takes forever.

[RandomFool]

OK so I?m working on upgrading a system and i bought an ASUS A7V8X-MX mobo because the price was right, it had everything i needed on board and there were a ton of good reviews for it on newegg. Anyways I installed it and everything works fine but it is taking forever to detect the hds/cd drives when it posts. It could be a drive problem but both the drivers are brand new an pioneer dvr-108 and 80 gig western digital hd. I've got the latest bios and everything too. Anyone have any ideas?

Specs:
ASUS A7V8X-MX
Athlon xp 2700
pioneer dvr-108
80 gig western digital hd
semi-generic 300watt ps

-Ryan

 

[mechBgon]

Recent Western Digital hard drives have four jumper settings: Master, Slave, Cable Select, and Single Drive. If your WD is on a data cable by itself, set the jumper for Single Drive (which is done by pulling the jumper cap off the pins and leaving it off).

 

[lenjack]

Those jumper settings can be VERY tricky. Double-check them and then TRIPLE check them.

 

[RandomFool]

yeah that jumper thing was the whole problem. I saw that setting when i was putting the drive in but just assumed leaving it on master wouldn't be a problem. You learn something every day i guess.