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System hangs at POST
Freestone done all that even tried connecting the primary to the secondary e.g none,none,auto,none same thing I think the onboard controller may be stuffed, but doesnt explain why it will boot with cdroms attached and not hdd- TripleC4
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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System hangs at POST
Its a workstation pc slot 1 with a GA bx2000 dual bios 128 memory 80g hdd (NEW) old is 10gig. HDD detection in bios is turned on and does detect the drive at post i assume at check of the IDE port. However after that the system hangs when the box with the cpu type memory etx appears and the info...- TripleC4
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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System hangs at POST
I have a pentium III 500 which hangs at post on detection of HDD. New HDD fitted with same issue. Disconnect HDD and connect to secondary IDE slot same issue. IF i connect the CDROM's to the IDE 1 or 2 and system tries to boot. Is this issue with HDD controller chip on the board or another...- TripleC4
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