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Re: SATA problem stops system booting

Subject: Re: SATA problem stops system booting
From: Conor
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:25:26 -0000
Newsgroups: uk.comp.homebuilt

In article <fEcypWrSWgLLFwN2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard says...
> 
> Guys this is posted to another group in case I can get help more 
> quickly.
> 
> Following the removal of a pair of SATA drives configured for 0 RAID 
> which I reformatted before their removal, I now cannot run this mainly 
> SCSI system with any of the other SATA drives connected.  This is what 
> happens:
> 
> After displaying the TYAN message for a time I then get a system error 
> message giving two options. Continue and run setup.  If I continue I 
> then get a screen saying hit any key but if I do nothing it just moves 
> on and then stops at the error message Operating system not found. 
> Obviously taking the run setup option takes me to the BIOS screens.
> 
> In boot priority I have Legacy floppy drives, IDE CD, PCI SCSI and my 
> SCSI boot drive identified.  It is still like this when I connect a SATA 
> drive.
> 
> In the excluded from boot order are the following:
> 
> PCI BEV:  NVIDIA Boot Agent 229.052
> PCI BEV: 2-NVIDIA Boot Agent229.0
> PCI SCSI: 02,39320A   B:  0 SEAGATE S
> IDE CD:  and then the name of that drive (I've got two CD drives on the 
> system)
> Legacy Network card
> 
> I have all the other SCSI drives disconnected at this stage apart from 
> the C boot drive which is a SCSI drive whilst trouble shooting to keep 
> things as simple as possible.
> 
> Hope that gives someone thoughts as to why connecting one SATA drive 
> brings up the booting problem and when it is unplugged there is no 
> booting problem.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Richard
> 
> PS this is an XP Pro 64 system

Have you reconfigured the nVidia Boot Agent?

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