WinXP hangs at startup

[sucker4baseball]

I bought a new SATA drive, Samsung SH-s203b, and after I installed it, I rebooted and it hangs at the detecting drives window. I have WinXP Pro w/SP2 and all of the updates. The version of the drive is SB04. Has anyone else come across this? I've looked on other forums and have had no luck. Thanks.

 

[jrnyfan]

couple of ideas that might or might not help:

1 - If this is your first SATA drive, make sure the Serial controller is turned on in your BIOS

2 - When in doubt, clear the CMOS and reconfigure the BIOS

3 - adequate power could be the key. try unplugging other things on the 12v line (i.e. other drives, video card, fans etc.) and see if that fixes things

4 - use it as a paperweight and start playing gin rummy with your grandma to pass the time you use to spend gaming

fin

 

[Guest]

Option 4 appears to be a very viable option lol.