...and the AnandTech forums come to my rescue (hopefully). You guys are great, so I decided to screw up yet another computer so you could have the joy of helping me troubleshoot. =)
Here is the deal:
Asus A7V133 MB
Thunderbird 900 mHz
SoundBlaster Live Value
128 mb PC133 RAM
Quantum Fireball Plus LM ATA/66 20 GB HD
Installed the components, everything OK. I update everything (except BIOS
(he has January revision) and 4-in-1 drivers). I crack the case to fix the
HD activity LED, and notice that the jumper(s) for ATA100/RAID are on the
RAID 0 setting. I now know that the manual is reversed, but at the time, I
said, "That's not right. I don't need RAID 0." So I reversed the jumpers.
From then on, life is hell. I get random freezes where the only thing that
goes down are the USB connections! The mouse and DSL modem hooked to the USB
ports go dead. I have to reboot. There appears to be neither rhyme nor
reason to the freezes. Every time I tried to go to anandtech.com, it would
freeze, but when I went to anandtech through AOL's browser, everything was
fine!
It boots and I get that message regarding the Promise controller, and then
the "Press ESC to continue booting or CTRL-xx to define an array (or
something like that)." I can't define an array because I don't have 2 HD's,
plus I want the ATA100 controller. I keep getting that message even when I
reverse the jumpers again.
I immediately thought the jumper reversal was the culprit, so I flipped them
back. No dice. I disabled the "Load onboard ATA BIOS" setting. The boot-time
message goes away, but the freezes continue.
I'm sorry I can't be more detailed, but this is my cousin's computer and I
live 3 hours away, and I am typing this from memory at my home. If you need further information, I will try and get it. Any help would be great.
Here is the deal:
Asus A7V133 MB
Thunderbird 900 mHz
SoundBlaster Live Value
128 mb PC133 RAM
Quantum Fireball Plus LM ATA/66 20 GB HD
Installed the components, everything OK. I update everything (except BIOS
(he has January revision) and 4-in-1 drivers). I crack the case to fix the
HD activity LED, and notice that the jumper(s) for ATA100/RAID are on the
RAID 0 setting. I now know that the manual is reversed, but at the time, I
said, "That's not right. I don't need RAID 0." So I reversed the jumpers.
From then on, life is hell. I get random freezes where the only thing that
goes down are the USB connections! The mouse and DSL modem hooked to the USB
ports go dead. I have to reboot. There appears to be neither rhyme nor
reason to the freezes. Every time I tried to go to anandtech.com, it would
freeze, but when I went to anandtech through AOL's browser, everything was
fine!
It boots and I get that message regarding the Promise controller, and then
the "Press ESC to continue booting or CTRL-xx to define an array (or
something like that)." I can't define an array because I don't have 2 HD's,
plus I want the ATA100 controller. I keep getting that message even when I
reverse the jumpers again.
I immediately thought the jumper reversal was the culprit, so I flipped them
back. No dice. I disabled the "Load onboard ATA BIOS" setting. The boot-time
message goes away, but the freezes continue.
I'm sorry I can't be more detailed, but this is my cousin's computer and I
live 3 hours away, and I am typing this from memory at my home. If you need further information, I will try and get it. Any help would be great.
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