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Hello,
I have the AN19E. It’s about 1.5 years old and really hasn’t been much
trouble until recently. Here goes:
I have 2 HDDs on IDE0, and the 2 CD drives on IDE1. I wanted to add
two more HDDs to the system. I did the first one successfully, adding
a 120GB drive to ne of the two "raid" ports on the board. Everything
was peachy.
Then, I bought a 160GB drive a few weeks ago. I hooked it up on the
same IDE cable as the 120GB drive. When I went to reboot, it would not
do so. It would get to the HighPoint part, find the two drives on the
extra IDE, then sit there.
I tried moving it to the other IDE/RAID port, and it did boot up...
once... and even recognized the drives. However, the drives
disappeared a short time later, and when I went to re-boot... the same
boot problem.
Here’s where it gets even more convoluted. If I disconnect the IDE
cable with the two extra drives, it STILL won’t boot. It gets past
that HighPoint part, then the blinking cursor just sits in the upper
left corner. I then disconnect two of the USB cables controlling my
printer and UPS, and it booted up fine. This is strange.
I know there could be a number of reasons, I guess, and I’ve tried not
to be too vague or incomplete... does anyone have any idea what I
might try to get it to recognize these drives and boot up when
connected? I have tried the "fail-safe" and "optimized" options in
the BIOS to no avail.
Thanks for any help.
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Hello,
I have the AN19E. It’s about 1.5 years old and really hasn’t been much
trouble until recently. Here goes:
I have 2 HDDs on IDE0, and the 2 CD drives on IDE1. I wanted to add
two more HDDs to the system. I did the first one successfully, adding
a 120GB drive to ne of the two "raid" ports on the board. Everything
was peachy.
Then, I bought a 160GB drive a few weeks ago. I hooked it up on the
same IDE cable as the 120GB drive. When I went to reboot, it would not
do so. It would get to the HighPoint part, find the two drives on the
extra IDE, then sit there.
I tried moving it to the other IDE/RAID port, and it did boot up...
once... and even recognized the drives. However, the drives
disappeared a short time later, and when I went to re-boot... the same
boot problem.
Here’s where it gets even more convoluted. If I disconnect the IDE
cable with the two extra drives, it STILL won’t boot. It gets past
that HighPoint part, then the blinking cursor just sits in the upper
left corner. I then disconnect two of the USB cables controlling my
printer and UPS, and it booted up fine. This is strange.
I know there could be a number of reasons, I guess, and I’ve tried not
to be too vague or incomplete... does anyone have any idea what I
might try to get it to recognize these drives and boot up when
connected? I have tried the "fail-safe" and "optimized" options in
the BIOS to no avail.
Thanks for any help.
--
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