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If you can install the drive in another system- to see if there is any delay
in it being recognised by the BIOS - that might tell you that it's the
drive that's at fault.
It's not the change in ambient room temperature.
You can try a diag. program . Maxtor and WD both have one. They're both
pretty lame and they might not pinpoint all problems.
All recent drives have at least 1 year's warranty - some have 3 (or even 5)
depending on make and model.
Go to the manufacture's support section of their web site.
I've have seen this problem before. The drive works perfectly while
running, but start-up is a pain.
The result has always been a bad drive.
MS
"Ralph2" <nonefound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:43:57 -0400, "Marc Stanton"
> <mks@mksengineering.com> wrote:
>
>>Don't bother..
>>It's the drive. Controller on the drive is on the way out and one day
>>soon
>>it will fail completely.
>>If your drive has been OK for a year or more then expect to be coughing
>>up
>>some mullah for a new drive!!
>
> Not really what I would like to hear... Its a SATA 80G drive less than
> a year old.. Will try and find the mfg site and perhaps a forum or
> support group. Maybe some diagnostic software.. warranty ??
> For the time being have moved the computer into a warmer area of the
> house (was in a pretty cool basement). Perhaps the drive is a little
> stiffer / slow to start when cold...
>>
>>MS
>>
>>"Ralph2" <nonefound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:uncp51t608dsmd3v9li1k8dd6uv45d8ig1@4ax.com...
>>> Good thought.. will check this out.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:50:12 -0600, "JBM" <jmanning95@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Ralph2" <nonefound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:hbuj51pnqv4fs1b6nha3oqmrpsf10je2qu@4ax.com...
>>>>> Hello/help
>>>>> My system (P4C800E Deluxe) has started to get this error message on
>>>>> booting " Reboot and select the proper boot device. Or insert boot
>>>>> media in selected boot device and press a key"
>>>>> Operating system Windows 2000 Pro SP4 both 80G HDs serial BIOS flashed
>>>>> to the latest as of 2 months ago
>>>>>
>>>>> This seems to be a very intermittent problem... so far. and has booted
>>>>> properly the second time every time....so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any one with any thoughts as to where to start.. This a MB issue? OS?
>>>>> BIOS?
>>>>
>>>>Is there a setting in the bios for the amount of time it waits for the
>>>>drives
>>>>to spinup? It sounds like your boot drive isn't being recognised the
>>>>first
>>>>boot. ON the reboot since the drives have spunup their recognised.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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