Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - [RESOLVED] Western Digital HDD causes BIOS to hang

Tumbleweed36 · 04-15-2007, 08:48 AM

Just for kicks, try setting both drives to Cable Select and see if they show. Take it for a test run and report back.

If no satisfacty results, lets experiment a bit with these drives. Take the one you want to work most, remove all the jumpers and place it on the end of the ribbon cable. (that is master with no slave setting for WD drives). Remove all other hard drives that you are not testing.

Be sure you have the Data Lifeguard tools downloaded on a floppy, and also make sure your boot order is set to:

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Drive - One you are testing for the boot area

Note: If your bios setup menu has a hard drive priority area, make sure you have THIS drive listed first.

Note: Don't forget to save before you exit if you make changes.

Test it this way and post back with EXACT results. (note, if this works, then do all the drives to make sure all have intact integrity and are working properly.

04-15-2007, 08:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: Western Digital HDD causes BIOS to hang Just for kicks, try setting both drives to Cable Select and see if they show. Take it for a test run and report back. If no satisfacty results, lets experiment a bit with these drives. Take the one you want to work most, remove all the jumpers and place it on the end of the ribbon cable. (that is master with no slave setting for WD drives). Remove all other hard drives that you are not testing. Be sure you have the Data Lifeguard tools downloaded on a floppy, and also make sure your boot order is set to: CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd Hard Drive - One you are testing for the boot area Note: If your bios setup menu has a hard drive priority area, make sure you have THIS drive listed first. Note: Don't forget to save before you exit if you make changes. Test it this way and post back with EXACT results. (note, if this works, then do all the drives to make sure all have intact integrity and are working properly. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 04-15-2007 at 08:49 AM.