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07-01-2003, 04:11 PM

Computer: Dell Dimension XPS R400, Win 98 first edition...

When I do a cold boot, my BIOS verifies my RAM. It detects the keyboard and mouse right away, then it hangs for 30 seconds before it detects my drives. This happened after I switched out the CD-ROM drive and intalled a CD-RW drive. I figure its not set up right in the BIOS or a jumper is off track, but I have everything set to what seems to be correct.

Here is my IDE drives:

(Printed from Belarc Advisor):
IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 [CD-ROM drive] -*Jumper set to second master- BIOS setup says the same thing*

Generic IDE hard disk drive (8.40 GB) -- drive 0 -*jumper set to primary master- BIOS setup says the same thing*

IOMEGA ZIP 100 [Hard drive] (100 MB) -- drive 1 -*jumper set to second slave- BIOS setup says the same thing*

Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Here is the stuff for my BIOS (printed from BIOS Wizard):
BIOS Manufacturer : PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 licensed to Intel ( revision A13 - latest version that I found )
BIOS ID : 4S4EB0X1.10A.0035.P13.990*******
BIOS Date : 09/21/99
BIOS OEM Signon :
BIOS ROM Size : 512K
Chipset : Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Super I/O Chip : SMC 77x rev 1 found at port 370h

Any thoughts on how to have BIOS detect IDE fast the way it did before?

07-01-2003, 04:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
wpulley Guest	BIOS slow to detect IDE drives Computer: Dell Dimension XPS R400, Win 98 first edition... When I do a cold boot, my BIOS verifies my RAM. It detects the keyboard and mouse right away, then it hangs for 30 seconds before it detects my drives. This happened after I switched out the CD-ROM drive and intalled a CD-RW drive. I figure its not set up right in the BIOS or a jumper is off track, but I have everything set to what seems to be correct. Here is my IDE drives: (Printed from Belarc Advisor): IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 [CD-ROM drive] -Jumper set to second master- BIOS setup says the same thing Generic IDE hard disk drive (8.40 GB) -- drive 0 -jumper set to primary master- BIOS setup says the same thing IOMEGA ZIP 100 [Hard drive] (100 MB) -- drive 1 -jumper set to second slave- BIOS setup says the same thing Generic floppy disk drive (3.5") Here is the stuff for my BIOS (printed from BIOS Wizard): BIOS Manufacturer : PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 licensed to Intel ( revision A13 - latest version that I found ) BIOS ID : 4S4EB0X1.10A.0035.P13.990******* BIOS Date : 09/21/99 BIOS OEM Signon : BIOS ROM Size : 512K Chipset : Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2 Super I/O Chip : SMC 77x rev 1 found at port 370h Any thoughts on how to have BIOS detect IDE fast the way it did before?