Help with CUSL2

[Snapper]

I had a weird thing happen the other night and would like to see if anyone can explain. I booted up my computer and it wouldn't detect my HD. Worked fine the day before (last time I used it). I played around with it and couldn't figure it out. So, just out of chance I pulled my MB battery to clear the BIOS. After that it booted up fine. What the heck is that all about? I am running the original BIOS, didn't see much need to run a newer version since my computer runs great as is. Any ideas???

 

[TuffGuy]

flash to a newer bios?

 

[Snapper]

I have thought about doing just that. Only thing that stops me is that I read about people who have flashed to newer BIOS and they end up with more problems than they started with. I have not seen anything in Asus's updates that says anything about this kind of problem. So, don't know if this would help me any. Like I said other than this occasion I have not had any problems.

 

[AndyHui]

I sometimes get the same problem with not being able to detect drives on cold boot.

I have ASUS 45X CDROM as master, and Yamaha CRW4416E as slave both on the secondary controller with 40-pin IDE cable, and both drives will not be detected sometimes. A reset fixes the problem.

 

[Snapper]

I have no problem with it not detecting the CD-Rom or burner. Mine will not detect the HD. I wish a simple push on the old reset would fix it. I tried and same thing, won't find the HD. Glad to here I am not alone though.

 

[AndyHui]

Snapper: is your hard drive a Fujitsu?

If so, this is a known issue with ASUS boards and more information can be found here

MPF3xxx Series Update Patch

and here:

September Mainboard Technical Column

 

[DO97]

AndyHui,

I have the same exact CD burner, I think it's more than just a conincedence (spelling? bah).

dave

 

[Dug]

Snapper-

Had the same problem as you. I thought maybe the hd drive was bad. After wiggling the cable around and making sure the ends were in secure, I tried again and booted up.

But the problem kept happening. I just replaced the cable and have had no problems.

I think part of the problem was me trying to shove the 80 pin cable out of the way. And those 80pin cables arn't as forgiving as 40 pins. I might of originally bent something causing bad connections.

 

[Snapper]

AndyHui-- No, I don't have a Fujitsu drive. Mine is a IBM 7200RPM Deskstar. Thanks for the heads up thought. I will stay away from them.

Dealer-- I will have to look at my cables and see if that has any effect. Thanks.