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**PanamaGal** · 04-14-2007, 05:04 PM

I would run WD hard drive diagnostic on the drive first. But, with the computer hanging, you'll likely have to do it attached to another computer. By the way, if it does the same thing on another computer, you'll knwo it's the drive. Also, I would make sure I had the latest BIOS from Asus for the board. If the drive checks out OK, and it still hangs with the latest BIOS, I think it would be a motherboard or memory problem.

04-14-2007, 05:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
PanamaGal Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 1,240 OS: WinXP Pro SP2; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Ultimate; Vista Business	Re: Western Digital HDD causes BIOS to hang I would run WD hard drive diagnostic on the drive first. But, with the computer hanging, you'll likely have to do it attached to another computer. By the way, if it does the same thing on another computer, you'll knwo it's the drive. Also, I would make sure I had the latest BIOS from Asus for the board. If the drive checks out OK, and it still hangs with the latest BIOS, I think it would be a motherboard or memory problem. __________________ It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Last edited by PanamaGal; 04-14-2007 at 05:06 PM.