60GB: Asus P2B

Toby B · Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:43 pm

I am trying to install a 60GB drive that has been formated with FDISK into a system using an Asus P2B motherboard (not fake version).

Anyway when I turned the system on for the first time it hung at the drive detection screen. I shut it down and needed to take the battery out for a while to clear the CMOS and disconnect the 60GB drive before the thing would boot again.

Using the 1004.003 BIOS from the Asus site. The question is this. Am I experiencing trouble because of a BIOS limitation or is is something else?

Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:15 pm

Do you mean 1014 beta 003 BIOS?

Toby B · Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:18 pm

yeah I meant the 1014.003

Sorry about that.

Toby B · Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:21 pm

Also cannot remember if I used the version with or without the Harware Manager.

The BIOS was flashed quite sometime ago..

Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:20 pm

Hmmm - this Bios is reported to work fine with HDD up to 120GB

What's your HDD ?

If the Bios hangs try to press Reset button - maybe the HDD needs too long toinitialize and is not ready at the time the Bios tries to detect it

Toby B · Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:35 pm

The hard drive is a 60GB Seagate drive ripped from an HP Pavillion. I will try the reset button, but I have a feeling that I might be pulling the battery again....

Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:36 pm

It should work fine - I've tested it with 80GB Seagate some time ago.

Toby B · Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:04 pm

yeah its working fine now. loose connection or something......

Thanks for the assistance.

Toby B · Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:21 am

I believe I found the culprit. The drive(s) getting too hot.........