I installed a new ATA100 Seagate 7200.7 200GB drive recently. After POST, the computer sits idle for ~2 minutes before XP boots. No evidence of HD activity or anything during that time. I am using an 80GB Maxtor DM9 drive for boot, the same one that's been going strong for the last 2 years.
I had no problem with the size of the disk, and I backed up my data onto the Seagate without an issue. I formatted the Maxtor and put a fresh install of XP and SP2 onto it. I still had the booting issue, and it stayed when I disconnected the Seagate.
I reformatted again and installed SP2 with the Seagate disconnected, and the booting was normal. I hooked up the Seagate and the boot issue was back. I flashed the mobo BIOS to the newest release, and the problem is still there. BIOS shows 200GB, XP shows 200GB, there's no lag when using the drive, etc.
Is there something I'm missing here? Both drives are jumpered to Cable Select, and the cable is hooked up correctly. I've never heard of this happening, so I'm hoping that someone here has.
I had no problem with the size of the disk, and I backed up my data onto the Seagate without an issue. I formatted the Maxtor and put a fresh install of XP and SP2 onto it. I still had the booting issue, and it stayed when I disconnected the Seagate.
I reformatted again and installed SP2 with the Seagate disconnected, and the booting was normal. I hooked up the Seagate and the boot issue was back. I flashed the mobo BIOS to the newest release, and the problem is still there. BIOS shows 200GB, XP shows 200GB, there's no lag when using the drive, etc.
Is there something I'm missing here? Both drives are jumpered to Cable Select, and the cable is hooked up correctly. I've never heard of this happening, so I'm hoping that someone here has.