Hi,
I'm having a strange problem with my new Harddisk (Maxtor 6Y120P0, 120 GB, Primary Master).
The HDD is not recognized when I start up my computer after I didnt use it for a while. When I do a cold boot in the morning or after work, the BIOS does not recognize the HDD (it does not spin up).
Then I shutdown and restart a couple of times and at some point, the HDD spins up, is recognized properly by the BIOS, starts up without any problem and runs for hours and days. :no:
Even restarts wont stop it, the drive has no problem anymore.
My Question:
1) HOW can i FIX this ??
2) Is the Motherboard or the HDD the problem ??

Some more information:
The whole system and components are about 3 months old. I tried another IDE-cable, changed powerplugs, unplugged the primary slave, tried CS/Master jumper settings, even tried running the HDD as secondary Master.
Guess what, nothing changed.
Hope some1 can help me....
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Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2, Award BIOS (05/14/03)
AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (7.5 x 267) 2400+
1024 MB DDR SDRAM
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9500 PRO (128 MB)
Maxtor 6Y120P0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133, Prim.Master)
Western Digital WDC WD800BB-00DKA0 (80 GB, 5400 RPM, Prim.Slave)
_NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A (DVD-RW, Sec.Master)
LITE-ON LTR-24102B (CD-RW, Sec.Slave)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP3)
I'm having a strange problem with my new Harddisk (Maxtor 6Y120P0, 120 GB, Primary Master).
The HDD is not recognized when I start up my computer after I didnt use it for a while. When I do a cold boot in the morning or after work, the BIOS does not recognize the HDD (it does not spin up).
Then I shutdown and restart a couple of times and at some point, the HDD spins up, is recognized properly by the BIOS, starts up without any problem and runs for hours and days. :no:
Even restarts wont stop it, the drive has no problem anymore.
My Question:
1) HOW can i FIX this ??
2) Is the Motherboard or the HDD the problem ??
Some more information:
The whole system and components are about 3 months old. I tried another IDE-cable, changed powerplugs, unplugged the primary slave, tried CS/Master jumper settings, even tried running the HDD as secondary Master.
Guess what, nothing changed.
Hope some1 can help me....
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Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2, Award BIOS (05/14/03)
AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (7.5 x 267) 2400+
1024 MB DDR SDRAM
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9500 PRO (128 MB)
Maxtor 6Y120P0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133, Prim.Master)
Western Digital WDC WD800BB-00DKA0 (80 GB, 5400 RPM, Prim.Slave)
_NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A (DVD-RW, Sec.Master)
LITE-ON LTR-24102B (CD-RW, Sec.Slave)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP3)