just a possibility - could it be the power supply overwhelming?  Try a
"bigger" PSU is nothing works.

Also, try use the latest beta aflash which you can find from ftp.asuscom.de,
I have had few BIOS flash problems with official aflash in past, and found
the beta aflash is perfect.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Can't boot 40Gb on Asus P2L97 mobo


> Carroll, I know that sounds like it should work - but the thing is, I
can't
> get past the first boot screen.  So I can't use a floppy-based (or any
> other-based) program to do the job.
>
> No matter how I try to configure the BIOS, I can't get the computer to
boot
> when the 40G Maxtor is connected.
>
>

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