[hurraylien]

iam using a elite group k7vza mobo with a maxtor 20 gig ata 33 5400 rpm when i added a 40 gig ibm ata 33 7200 i started having probs i have the maxtor as primary master with a dvd burner as primary slave the ibm is on the secondary slave as this is the onnly config that worked.the board recognizes the ibm and works fine for a bit but then the comp just locks.i previousley had a 13 gig 5400 maxtor that worked fine.could the 2 rpm speeds be the prob or just the drive, it is a refurbished one.tried all different configs but as soon as the 40 gig is hooked up probs occur.

 

[hurraylien]

actually think the prob is fixed it now works set as secondary master.there was a bent pin so this may have been the cause but weird that it would work at all without a pin but iam only up and running for 10 min so i,ll have to wait a bit before making final judgement. thnks for the reply :laugh: