Computer freezing at post screen.

[Trash Man]

I'm having trouble with my second computer, I went to turn it on last night and it won't get past the post screen. It sticks at the link saying Detecting IDE drives, and just stays there for however long I leave the computer on

Now I'm thinking it's not the drives them selfs, as what are the chances of 4 drives going at the same time. I've tried taking the memory out, and in using differenet dimm's, with no luck. The motherboard is a Asus A7N8X DLX.

Anyone have any ideas?

[icq3800846]

Maybe you should try taking all of the drives out, checking if they are set properly to MASTER or SLAVE and that the IDE cables are connected round the right way.

Check that the system boots and gives you a NO SYSTEM DISK error with no disks in.

Add each disk one by one obviously starting with "C" and see if it falls over.

I once had two hard drives go at the same time, but that was due to a hideous QTec <spits on floor> Power supply which I believe "spiked" and killed them.

[BlueMagician]

...It sticks at the link saying Detecting IDE drives...

Sounds like one or more of your devices is having trouble..

Many motherboards will hang at the device detection stage if there is a device on an IDE channel that has no power/isn't responding, especially true if the device that's giving trouble is the MASTER of that channel.

To test, disconnect each device in a logical manner (ensuring that the device that you leave connected to the channel is set to be MASTER) and see what passes the detection and what doesn't. You may have to go into BIOS and run HDD/Device detection, as not all mobos like things changing under their noses.

HTH,
S.

[Trash Man]

Sounds like one or more of your devices is having trouble..

Many motherboards will hang at the device detection stage if there is a device on an IDE channel that has no power/isn't responding, especially true if the device that's giving trouble is the MASTER of that channel.

To test, disconnect each device in a logical manner (ensuring that the device that you leave connected to the channel is set to be MASTER) and see what passes the detection and what doesn't. You may have to go into BIOS and run HDD/Device detection, as not all mobos like things changing under their noses.

HTH,
S.

Dones as you said and it sails past the POST screen when all the drives are plugged up apart from the Master HDD. So I guess that's dead then.

Thanks for the help

[Nox]

Mine did that this morning - first time ever, and an off/on later was booting fine.

Nox