Restart XP, Second HDD disappears

[Big Booger]

Running windows XP, recently installed second HDD, it disappears after restarting..
Cold boot, HDD shows up 100%..

restart, it disappears during the BIOS check.

COMP INFO
Celeron 680mhz
256MB PC 133
15GB (XP OS)
60GB (storage)
Aopen Phantom Sound
gigabit Ethernet
Geforce 2 TI7700 ASUS

Any ideas about this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[shadow_warez]

really, i have sme prob on my rig i just threw togther,

Via Kt 333 Ultra
1800+ 1610mhz
1 gig ddr 1024 pc 2700
diamnd max plus 7 40 gig
maxtor fireball 10 gig (drive image storage,

odd problem,

[Thor]

Hdd/mb/connections heating up loosening connections??? Sounds like a heat/loose connection prob.

[Big Booger]

I'll check the connection in a jiffy.
:D thanks for the suggestion.

[zipp51]

If that didn't work BB try letting your bios recognize it in the standard cmos features setup again.Also make sure your jumper is not in cable select.And finnally I would try removing the jumper altogether.But secondary slave is what should be recognized.

[Big Booger]

well I checked the connection and it seems fine.. I tried moving the CDROM to the channel and it works great.

SO now I am thinking it is a BIOS issue.. that I will have to figure out when I return home from work.
:D

[Dehcbad25]

Did you check the DIsk Managent to see if it is there?
Long shot, but it might be mounting it someother place, or some other strange thing, but if Disk management doesn't list it, is because it is not detected by the BIOS, so then you have some place to start looking

[Thor]

I shouldn't/wouldn't ask (am anyway heh) but is the BIOS the latest, just flashed, maybe need to go back to an older version?

[Big Booger]

Bios has not been updated. It is the original factory Bios. I am thinking it is a setting that I have to adjust in the BIOS, but there are so many damn settings, I can't make it out.

:D Will keep screwing with it, till I get it working like a kangroo humpin a hounddog.

[Thor]

Originally posted by Big Booger
till I get it working like a kangroo humpin a hounddog. [/B]

Keep saying that and all those houndogs will be 'fraid of going out!

[cash_site]

Originally posted by Big Booger
working like a kangroo humpin a hounddog.

If you want a steady supply of Kangaroos, then I have a whole family on my front lawn. "Benefits" of living in country Australia.

Only problem is when they get in front of oncoming traffic :mad:

[Big Booger]

Well,
As for the humpin kangroos.. it didn't work..

I tried several settings in the BIOS, and none seem to fix the problem I am having..

It's a Phoenix BIOS, so anyone have any ideas about it? I know it is a BIOS problem, because when it goes through the hard drive check, it never finds the second HDD after I reboot..

From a cold boot, it always finds it..

Any ideas?

[Dehcbad25]

Ohh, I had a similar problem not so long ago.
Remember when I deleted that folder from a drive?, well I disconnected the drive and eveything stop working (I broke W98 BTW)
I found the problem was one of the HDD setted in CS (Cable Select) mode, so when I unplug the other drive, it changed status.
Also, I had problems with a drive dissapearing every now and then because of a bad cable. Did you heck that??
Plus, is that dirve a system drive?? Did you try swtiching with the CD-ROM for example?? If the same happens to the CD-ROM (or whatever device you install instead of that HDD) it could be an indication of the drive of the EIDE conrtoller bad, though I would keep plumbering in the BIOS.
Just throwing ideas;)

[Big Booger]

Thanks for the advice. I will check the cables, I will check the jumpers, and I will try other settings in the BIOS. Hopefully I will find out why it is not working.. :D

The system has 4 drives, (a DVDrom, a CDRW, a 15GB HDD, and now this new 60GB HDD), 3 of the drives work fine. Maybe it is a case of the jumpers.. I might have them set incorrectly.
:D

[Big Booger]

Checked the cable last night, replaced it with a brand new one and it works flawlessly now :D

thanks for the suggestions.

[Dehcbad25]

Glad to throw at least an idea ;)