MSI K7T Pro 2A boot problems

[johnnyasia]

My MSI K7T Pro 2A just developed boot problems.
All was working properely with the one hard drive (IBM)
CD-RW and CD-ROM
It was fine until I added the CD-RW and second hard drive,
although I only used it a few times before adding the new drives.


I'm not sure what went wrong , or exactly when it happened, but it
often hangs up at bootup, and shutdown. Also, it sometimes
fails to recognize the IBM HD, I have to reboot and go into
the CMOS and click auto detect. When I reboot, it sometimes
says "Windows didn't finish loading" and gives the safe mode prompt,
when I hit enter, it says "not enough memory" and I must reboot.

Eventually it will boot up and work fine.


I cleared CMOS, loaded fail safe, still having problems.


MB Revision 1.0E
BIOS Revision 2.2
Capacitors all 4700uf
CPU MHz 1 GHz T-Bird
DIMM1 256 PC133 Micron
PS Watts 300
PS Mfg Sparkle
Pri Master HD IBM DTLA-307045, 75GXP
pri slave HD WD Caviar 15GB ATA66
Sec Master Plextor 12/10/32A
Sec Slave Afreey 50x CD-ROM
AGP ATI Expert 98
Slot 1 None
Slot 2 Modem Blaster
Slot 3 None
Slot 4 SoundBlaster Live Value
Slot 5 None
Slot 6 None




Have a happy eternity,

Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future
http://www.mp3.com/johnnyasia

 

[Heretik]

I know this has been done to death....but.....which VIA driver set are you using?

 

[johnnyasia]

Date Posted: Feb/11/2001 2:31 PM

I know this has been done to death....but.....which VIA driver set are you using? >>

The 4.28, and I think I chose the VSD when prompted, whichever one
is highlighted as the recommended choice.

 

[Kenmitch]

I think I read somewhere on this board there is a compatability issue with the GXP's and the chipset?

 

[rbV5]

Check the jumpers on your hardrives. Seems as though WD are very picky about there pin selections. Also try switching around your slaves, maybe they don't get along.

 

[RoboTECH]

this definitely sounds like a jumper/cable issue.

Sounds like you either have your boot drive as the 2nd device or the jumpers are boogered.

Is your boot drive at the end of the ribbon? Check the jumpers for your HDD's, make sure they are jumpered....the boot drive in IDE "3" (assuming that ATA33 controllers are 1 and 2) connected to the black end, and the slave drive on the gray connector.

Doesn't sound like a hardware issue, sounds like a slight physical setup issue.

 

[johnnyasia]

I tried:
removing the Western Digital and formatting the IBm, reintsalling Windows, installing the 428 VIA drivers, etc. ;

Changing the IBM jumpers to cable select instead of master;

Alternating the Plextor 12/10/32 and Afreey 50X CD-ROM as master & slave;

I tried the WD as secondary master, and slave to the Plextor.

The IBM boot drive was always on IDE 1 and at the end of the 80 pin cable. There is no IDE 3 on this board.

I RMA'ed the board today. It would work sometimes, and sometimes it would hang up at bootup.

 

[bernse]

You know, I had the EXACT same problem. I did some searching and found the system was trying to boot HD1 (setup in BIOS). I changed it to 0 and all is fine. I have no idea which it is supposed to be, but I take for granted 0 since I only have 1 hard drive and it works perfect now.

System is

1.2 Ghz T-Bird
MSI K7T Pro2a
Quantum 30GB AS ATA 100
Acer 50x CD-ROM
Teac 8x8x32 Burner
384MB PC133 RAM
LS120
V5500AGP

 

[SpongeBob]

I have a 75GXP set up as my primary slave on my Pro2-A. No problems except that in the bios I have to select the boot device as HDD-2 for it to boot from my primary master which is a quantum fireball 20gig. Wierd!!!