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Elitegibson · 08-06-2003, 09:09 PM

Be sure that "boot other devices" is turned off in your BIOS config. The BIOS taking a long time to detect your IDE devices is a bad sign, especially with new components. In my experiences, some mobos like to use cable select with drives, and some like you to set the jumpers to Master/Slave according to how you want them (their position on the cable doesn't matter). Try disconnecting every IDE device except your main booting hard drive to see if that fixes the problem. When there are problems like this, 9 times out of 10 it's a stupid jumper problem. Good luck!

PS, I have an Epox 8RDA+ nForce2 board.

08-06-2003, 09:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
Elitegibson More Freedom, Less Bullshit Location: Tulsa, OK	Be sure that "boot other devices" is turned off in your BIOS config. The BIOS taking a long time to detect your IDE devices is a bad sign, especially with new components. In my experiences, some mobos like to use cable select with drives, and some like you to set the jumpers to Master/Slave according to how you want them (their position on the cable doesn't matter). Try disconnecting every IDE device except your main booting hard drive to see if that fixes the problem. When there are problems like this, 9 times out of 10 it's a stupid jumper problem. Good luck! PS, I have an Epox 8RDA+ nForce2 board. __________________ -Erik Stupid people shouldn't breed.