I'm starting to suspect a manufacturer incompatibility between Seagate and Wester Digital, but I can't find anything in my web searches to confirm that.
After replacing my IDE drives with SATA, the computer hangs at "IDE Bus Master Enabled." If I disconnect the power on one SATA drive the boot proceeds into XP32.
The system does not proceed to boot into XP32 at all. Press the power button and the system immediately turns off.
System:
Abit IP35 Pro, Antec 850 Truepower Quattro, 4 GB Crucial RAM, Promise Ultra 133 TX2, SB Audigy2. Antec P180 case.
Drives: Seagate ST31000340AS (SATA1), Seagate ST3250410AS (C: SATA2), WD WD6400AAKS (SATA3), WD WD10EACS (SATA4). The Promise controls a removeable drive tray receptacle, which is empty. The ST31000340AS, WD6400AAKS and WD10EACS are attached to the same power cable.
SATA is set to IDE in the BIOS. The BIOS is up to date.
The boot drive is the Seagate 250 and is set as the first boot drive in the BIOS. This drive has always been in the system and is not new.
Disconnect the 1TB Seagate and the system boots into XP32. Attach this same drive to the eSATA port and the system boots into XP.
To refine my opening statement; if I leave both 1TB drives connected with the C: drive, the system stops at "IDE Bus Master Enabled."
The Antec PSU is speced out at 25 amps on the +12v rails. Seagate says the ST31000340AS pulls 3.0A at spinup. Haven't the electrical specs on the other drives, but I would expect that the big Seagate pulls the most amps.
Moving the SATA drives to different power cables doesn't change anything. More than 3 drives, no boot; less than 4, boot OK. Nor does putting the C: drive on the SATA1 port.
Very perplexing. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
keoniT
After replacing my IDE drives with SATA, the computer hangs at "IDE Bus Master Enabled." If I disconnect the power on one SATA drive the boot proceeds into XP32.
The system does not proceed to boot into XP32 at all. Press the power button and the system immediately turns off.
System:
Abit IP35 Pro, Antec 850 Truepower Quattro, 4 GB Crucial RAM, Promise Ultra 133 TX2, SB Audigy2. Antec P180 case.
Drives: Seagate ST31000340AS (SATA1), Seagate ST3250410AS (C: SATA2), WD WD6400AAKS (SATA3), WD WD10EACS (SATA4). The Promise controls a removeable drive tray receptacle, which is empty. The ST31000340AS, WD6400AAKS and WD10EACS are attached to the same power cable.
SATA is set to IDE in the BIOS. The BIOS is up to date.
The boot drive is the Seagate 250 and is set as the first boot drive in the BIOS. This drive has always been in the system and is not new.
Disconnect the 1TB Seagate and the system boots into XP32. Attach this same drive to the eSATA port and the system boots into XP.
To refine my opening statement; if I leave both 1TB drives connected with the C: drive, the system stops at "IDE Bus Master Enabled."
The Antec PSU is speced out at 25 amps on the +12v rails. Seagate says the ST31000340AS pulls 3.0A at spinup. Haven't the electrical specs on the other drives, but I would expect that the big Seagate pulls the most amps.
Moving the SATA drives to different power cables doesn't change anything. More than 3 drives, no boot; less than 4, boot OK. Nor does putting the C: drive on the SATA1 port.
Very perplexing. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
keoniT
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