sata problems

CrazyEh · 09-10-2007, 08:48 PM

picked up a seagate 500gb 16mb 7200.10 this morning.. i haven't been able to get it working.. once I put the xp cd and reboot, I was able to load the xp setup... my motherboard requires me to press F6 so I can install an IDE driver so I can install XP.. that was ok, I did that and it worked fine.. I was almost done installing XP (7 minutes left) then I left the room.. I came back, and had a black screen with that little blinking white underscore.. I rebooted... it goes through the boot screen, then keeps giving me that damn white underscore.

I thought sata was easier than ide? I have never had this issue with my ide hd.. this is really starting to piss me off... what can I do? (other than taking a hammer to it!)

andy faith · 09-10-2007, 08:53 PM

have you tried installing XP from scratch again? that would probably be your best option

CrazyEh · 09-10-2007, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy faith

have you tried installing XP from scratch again? that would probably be your best option

I can't though... It says that it detected a bootable CDROM, then I get the problem

.. goes to the white blinky underscore

andy faith · 09-10-2007, 09:14 PM

what does it say in the bios about your hard drive?

CrazyEh · 09-10-2007, 10:13 PM

Well.. I managed to get XP installed again. However, everytime I reboot I get the problem.

If I shut my computer down, and turn it back on, it'll work.

I checked the hd in the bios, it's reading everything correct... it seems whenever I reboot, it doesn't work.. but if I shut the pc down, and turn it back on, it works?

Any ideas?

CrazyEh · 09-10-2007, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyEh

it seems whenever I reboot, it doesn't work.. but if I shut the pc down, and turn it back on, it works?

Any ideas?

Sorry for the double post... I tried that, and it appears to be random. Sometimes it'll boot, somtimes it wont... is the HD garbage?

09-10-2007, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
CrazyEh Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 72	sata problems - new install picked up a seagate 500gb 16mb 7200.10 this morning.. i haven't been able to get it working.. once I put the xp cd and reboot, I was able to load the xp setup... my motherboard requires me to press F6 so I can install an IDE driver so I can install XP.. that was ok, I did that and it worked fine.. I was almost done installing XP (7 minutes left) then I left the room.. I came back, and had a black screen with that little blinking white underscore.. I rebooted... it goes through the boot screen, then keeps giving me that damn white underscore. I thought sata was easier than ide? I have never had this issue with my ide hd.. this is really starting to piss me off... what can I do? (other than taking a hammer to it!) __________________ CPU* Intel C2D E6600 cooled by Thermalright XP 90-C & Arctic Silver 5 GPU* Evga 8800 GTS 640mb Case* Thermaltake Xaser III - (2 x 120mm, 6 x 80mm fans) RAM* 2 x 1GB DRR2 667 HD* 500gb Seagate SATA 7200.10 16mb Sound* Logitech Z5500 Monitor* 22" Samsung 226bw 2ms PSU* OCZ GameXStream 600w Mobo* ASUS P5L-D2 // Nothing OC'd. // Picture - Newest Picture // G5 Mouse + G11 Keyboard

09-10-2007, 10:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
CrazyEh Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 72	Well.. I managed to get XP installed again. However, everytime I reboot I get the problem. If I shut my computer down, and turn it back on, it'll work. I checked the hd in the bios, it's reading everything correct... it seems whenever I reboot, it doesn't work.. but if I shut the pc down, and turn it back on, it works? Any ideas? __________________ CPU* Intel C2D E6600 cooled by Thermalright XP 90-C & Arctic Silver 5 GPU* Evga 8800 GTS 640mb Case* Thermaltake Xaser III - (2 x 120mm, 6 x 80mm fans) RAM* 2 x 1GB DRR2 667 HD* 500gb Seagate SATA 7200.10 16mb Sound* Logitech Z5500 Monitor* 22" Samsung 226bw 2ms PSU* OCZ GameXStream 600w Mobo* ASUS P5L-D2 // Nothing OC'd. // Picture - Newest Picture // G5 Mouse + G11 Keyboard

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09-10-2007, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	have you tried installing XP from scratch again? that would probably be your best option

09-10-2007, 09:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	what does it say in the bios about your hard drive?