P5P800 + SATA Problems

[Lewis Tucker]

Hi,

I have just bought a P5P800 that does not seem to recognise the two SATA
Maxtor 6B300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB drives that I purchased at the same
time - when I boot the system with these two drives connected it just hangs
the system during the IDE auto detection (and for longer than the timeout
specified). I also have two PATA seagate drives connected and a DVD writer
that work fine. I've tested the SATA drives on a P5AD2-E board and it
detects them without any problem...

Any ideas?? Is my P5P800 fubar ?

TIA,

Lewis

 

[Paul]

Lewis Tucker Wrote: > Hi,

For what it is worth, I got the same problem with the replacement
P5P800 MB that ASUS just sent me. The system will boot and run as long
as I do not connect the Maxtor 300 Gig SATA drives. When I connect the
drives the boot process hangs when the Bios is trying to detect the
Third and Fourth IDE (SATA) drives. Did you get a solution to your
problem? I need a little help!! Thanks in advance.-- Ken

Post #9 here mentions being able to get a fireware update
for the Maxtor 6B300S0. There has been the odd problem with
Maxtor drives, and sometimes (if you can get Maxtor to help),
a firmware update will help. You'll need another computer,
where the drive works well, before trying an update.

http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.c..._frm/thread/8534058674d754f8/4aeb581c110032a0

An alternative, would be to return the drive to you retailer,
and try another brand of drive.

HTH,
Paul