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ozzy214
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_ 		8. March 2006 @ 09:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okay this is the second comp in my sig...the 800 mhz amd. I bought a nice new nifty adapter here

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5871580669&rd=...

It basically is a convertor so you can use a sata 150 drive hooked into a ide port. Anyway the bios see the drive fine as 80 gig. Windows setup seen and formatted the drive fine without additional drivers. Then the trouble began when it rebooted to finish installing. The bios finds the boot record and says its ok...then just hangs. Doesnt even attempt to load and the drive is quiet so I cant tell if it even is loading or not. Im going to try clearing cmos and see what happens. But I doubt thats it. Any ideas?
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ddp
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_ 		8. March 2006 @ 11:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
did you load the sata drivers when asked to at beginning of windows install??
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ozzy214
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_ 		8. March 2006 @ 12:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No I didnt load no sata drivers ddp. The device didnt come with a drivers disc and windows saw the drive during install. So I figured that sata drivers was unecassry.:> I still tried clearing cmos and no help. Maybe this adapter aint no good or the asus mobo on the 800 dont like it.
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epox mobo EP-9NPAJ
amd 3700+ san diego core oc to 2.50
antec true power 430 watt dual +12 volt rails @ 18 amps each
bfg geforce 6800 gt oc edition
dragon case
2 x 512 DUAL CHANNEL ELIXOR RAM
Ibm P260 dvi & vga 21 inch crt monitor 1600 x 1200 @ 85 htz Oh yeah!!

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. March 2006 @ 12:48
ddp
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_ 		8. March 2006 @ 12:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try the adapter with the hd on your 1st computer to see if good or not
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ozzy214
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_ 		8. March 2006 @ 13:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah thats what I was thinking DDp. Just was being lazy for a moment is all. <SMILE> Thanks!

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Well I hooked up the drive and adapter to the first machine and it wont boot off the drive. Although I didnt retry to install windows. So thats the next step. But the adapter does seem to be working. Cause I can see all the windows files on it. So the drive and adapter has got to be working. But maybe this adapter aint bootable. Hmm.....
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epox mobo EP-9NPAJ
amd 3700+ san diego core oc to 2.50
antec true power 430 watt dual +12 volt rails @ 18 amps each
bfg geforce 6800 gt oc edition
dragon case
2 x 512 DUAL CHANNEL ELIXOR RAM
Ibm P260 dvi & vga 21 inch crt monitor 1600 x 1200 @ 85 htz Oh yeah!!

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. March 2006 @ 14:38
ozzy214
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_ 		10. March 2006 @ 04:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Turned out it was the drive itself. After three consecutive full formats and 6 hrs later its fine. It must have been bad sectors and or the boot mbr was fryed. Thanks DDP!


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epox mobo EP-9NPAJ
amd 3700+ san diego core oc to 2.50
antec true power 430 watt dual +12 volt rails @ 18 amps each
bfg geforce 6800 gt oc edition
dragon case
2 x 512 DUAL CHANNEL ELIXOR RAM
Ibm P260 dvi & vga 21 inch crt monitor 1600 x 1200 @ 85 htz Oh yeah!!
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ddp
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_ 		10. March 2006 @ 13:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem, teach & learn
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