New SATA HD won't allow computer to boot.

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Mooresome

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I bought a new HD:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

My computer won"t boot with the drive connected. The computer posts but when it reaches the page where it shows my SATA drives and Raid setup, it freezes. It does see the drive and tell me what it is but the size doesn't register.

I do have an older SATA HD and it works great.

Western Digital Caviar Blue SE 16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

I connected the power to the new drive, started the computer, opened computer management, plugged in the drive, initialized it, I was then able to format the drive. When I restart the computer it still won't boot with the drive connected.

My MoB is an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, is it possible that my MoB doesn't support the 32 MB Cache? What else could be my problem?

Sorry for the length...Thanks
 
My guess is you have bad drive. Usually when the computer fails to boot with a hard drive connected it means the drive is faulty somehow. Do you have another system to attach it to and test it?
 
I'll see if I can check it on my roommates computer tomorrow.

As for my Bios, I don't see anything. My OS is located on an IDE HD so I've tried it with only the new SATA and get the same results.
 
Is the old SATA drive SATA 1?

Perhaps the motherboard isn't ready for SATA II. There might be a firmware upgrade for that; look for it at the manufacturer's website.
 
Like said above, your board only has SATA 1.0/1.5Gbit/s. Most boards are backward compatible but some just freak out. The Western Digital has a jumper you can add to pins 5/6. It will force the drive to SATA 1.0/1.5Gbit/s
 
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