Drives Configuration

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David Routh

Hi

I have a small problem on boot up, 8 times out 10 it hangs on the post
screen for approx 45 seconds at the 4th line,
Auto Detecting Primary Slave... Press <F4> To Abort
although nothing happens if I press F4, the other 2 times it goes straight
through, beeps and boots.
I think the problem is with the jumpers, if I take out my CD-RW and boot
with just Hard drive in IDE 1 and CD-Rom in IDE2 it boots no problem every
time, my set up at present is
Maxtor Diamond max Hard Drive as master on IDE 1, jumper on master
CD-Rom as master on IDE 2, jumper on master
CD-RW as slave on IDE 2, jumper on slave
Can anyone advise me as to best drive configuration and what the jumpers on
each drive should be set at.

Dave
 
Cori
Thanks for the reply, sorry I meant the Secondry slave, not primary,
I did go into the bios and it says secondry slave not installed, and my bios
will not let me change any of the drive settings, isn't it just a matter of
the correct drive and jumper set up which dictate the bios set up?
Dave
 
David, when "it goes straight through, beeps and boots" does the cd-rw work?
If it does, then it sure can't be the jumpers. Typically the cd-rw is the
master with the cdrom the slave but the placement wouldn't cause the
problems you are having.
 
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