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Re: Can't boot 40Gb on Asus P2L97 mobo
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Ian,

First thought:
Is this an ATA66 or faster drive?  Are you using the ATA66 cable?

Other ideas:
If the Mobo will boot to SCSI, buy an ATA66 or better PCI controller.  Most
of these will have their own BIOS to run the bigger drive.
There are many out there, here is an inexpensive one:
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SD-SIL680-RAID

Fred Nielson


-----Original Message-----
Subject: [PCBUILD] Can't boot 40Gb on Asus P2L97 mobo

Got an annoying little problem with a 4-5 yr old PC running on an Asus P2L97
motherboard.
When I coupled up the new HDD as a slave to the existing 2G drive, the PC
wouldn't boot, and the BIOS wouldn't autodetect the drive.

Ian Porter

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