Unique SATA issue - no show on boot, but shows on reset

[samirdastinky]

I've tried searching for others with this problem but I haven't been able to find anything. Forgive me if I'm overlooking something obvious or if this has been addressed before.

Anyways here goes:

Got a new seagate barracude 120gb SATA 2 drive for my comp. My mobo only supports SATA 1 though but I knew it would be backwards compatible. Mobo is a machspeed p4m800. I was able to do a fresh XP install with absolutely no problem at all. The main issue I'm having though is when the computer is first turned on, the system hangs at the BIOS trying to detect the new sata drive. Eventually it gives up and gives me the enter boot disk yadda yadda crap. But if I reset the computer using the reset switch or using CTRL ALT DELETE, it'll detect it perfectly as if it were always there, every time. The issue only seems to happen upon first powering up the system when it has been off. I've checked through the BIOS several times to make sure that all the SATA options are enabled and not set to RAID.

Here's what I've tried and so far nothing has fixed this issue:

Changed the SATA cable (its a SATA 1 cable btw)
Manually put a jumper on the HD to force it to run in SATA 1 mode
Changed the connection slots from first to second and back
Disabled auto detection for HD's except for SATA drive

Here's my other system specs in case its something I didn't think of:

chaintech nvidia geforce 5200 256mb agp
intel celeron d @ 2.93 ghz (not OC'ed)
1.5 gig ddr400 ram (kingston i believe)
memorex 52x cdrw drive connected through IDE on secondary slave

any ideas on what may be causing this? any possible fixes for this issue? thanks in advance ~

- Samir

 

[syborfical]

I had a similar problem but it was on on SATA 1 drive
it turned out i have a faulty mother board.

 

[unmerited]

You could take a look at the boot order in the BIOS, if you haven't already.


unmerited

 

[deathwalker]

Originally posted by: unmerited
You could take a look at the boot order in the BIOS, if you haven't already.


unmerited

This really does sound like a bios issue. Not that the bios are hosed, just that they are not set right. I agree with rechecking the boot order. Also make sure all of your drive detection settings are set to Automatic. Also make sure on board SATA is enabled, if it has a SATA mode option that it is set to IDE.

 

[samirdastinky]

Doublechecked the boot order. Priority was set to floppy, cdrom, then HD. I changed it to make HD first, but the problem still exists it seems. Went through all the SATA settings in bios and everything else as well. All detection is set to auto, on board SATA is indeed enabled, and it is set to IDE and not RAID. Still giving me the same problem.

It's not that this is a huge problem, just a bit of an annoyance since I have already figured out a workaround. I'm just tryin to see if there's anything else I can do to eliminate it.

Any other suggestions?

 

[unmerited]

Just something to try, but does it make any difference if your cd-rom is unplugged?


unmerited

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: samirdastinky
Doublechecked the boot order. Priority was set to floppy, cdrom, then HD. I changed it to make HD first, but the problem still exists it seems. Went through all the SATA settings in bios and everything else as well. All detection is set to auto, on board SATA is indeed enabled, and it is set to IDE and not RAID. Still giving me the same problem.

It's not that this is a huge problem, just a bit of an annoyance since I have already figured out a workaround. I'm just tryin to see if there's anything else I can do to eliminate it.

Any other suggestions?

I've seen where if HDD is selected in the boot order, the system looks ONLY at the IDE drives, NOT the SATA channels. Try using something like "other" for the first boot device and change all the others to DISABLED. If that fails, try changing them all to DISABLED and see if it picks up the SATA drive out of despiration.

 

[nadirshakur]

Thats weird I can only suggest 1 of 2 things, A bios upgrade from here(first check if this is indeed the one u already have or not) or ur second choice would include reinstalling OS but during use these instructions STEP BY STEP.

If all fails, read ur manual although the only thing they really mention for troubleshooting is this LOL:

1. Back up data and applications
files.
2. Reformat the hard drive.
Re-install applications and data
using backup disks.