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zogger
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 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:32 am Post subject: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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When booting I can't have my USB 2.0 hard drives turned on or else i
get the message "invalid system disk, please replace". My system boots
fine if I leave the drives off and then turn them on once windows loads
(once the windows logo appears I can turn the drives on). On my other
computer that has an ASUS board there is no problem loading when the
external hard drives are on.
Any ideas?
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Andy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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Check the boot order in BIOS setup.
On 12 Aug 2005 01:57:02 -0700, "zogger" <morganherzog@hotmail.com>
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| Quote: | When booting I can't have my USB 2.0 hard drives turned on or else i
get the message "invalid system disk, please replace". My system boots
fine if I leave the drives off and then turn them on once windows loads
(once the windows logo appears I can turn the drives on). On my other
computer that has an ASUS board there is no problem loading when the
external hard drives are on.
Any ideas?
Thanks! |
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zogger
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: Re: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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that's a good thought, however I've played around with the BIOS
settings quite a bit and nothing seems to solve the problem. My boot
order is
1. CD
2. Hard Drive
3. Disabled |
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Larz50
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:34 am Post subject: Re: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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"zogger" <morganherzog@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124003457.493156.224590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | that's a good thought, however I've played around with the BIOS
settings quite a bit and nothing seems to solve the problem. My boot
order is
1. CD
2. Hard Drive
3. Disabled
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Try changing the order to boot from the HD first. My guess is that the
system is seeing the USB drive as a CD drive on boot and not finding an OS
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Margaret Wilson
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:34 am Post subject: Re: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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Hmmm, I have this board (latest BIOS) as well as a USB2.0 hard drive.
Fortunately I never have a problem with the machine trying to boot from the
USB2.0 drive. My boot sequence is:
1. floppy
2. CD
3. hard drive
In addition to that external hard drive, I have two internals on controller
1 and 2 opticals on controller 2. IIRC, there are options in the BIOS for
specifying which hard drive to boot from, as there are options to choose the
boot priority when you have more than one optical drive. So in addition to
setting boot sequence, you need to set boot priority for each type of drive.
Zogger may have a point -- so check those boot priority settings for each
drive type.
Good luck,
Margaret
"Larz50" <nobody@home.net> wrote in message
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"zogger" <morganherzog@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124003457.493156.224590@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
that's a good thought, however I've played around with the BIOS
settings quite a bit and nothing seems to solve the problem. My boot
order is
1. CD
2. Hard Drive
3. Disabled
Try changing the order to boot from the HD first. My guess is that the
system is seeing the USB drive as a CD drive on boot and not finding an OS
there.
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Graham W
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: EPOX 8rda+, can't boot with USB 2.0 hard drive on |
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zogger wrote:
| Quote: | that's a good thought, however I've played around with the BIOS
settings quite a bit and nothing seems to solve the problem. My boot
order is
1. CD
2. Hard Drive
3. Disabled
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Have a look at your voltage alarm settings in the BIOS. It could be
that the (slight) extra load of the active device is causing the voltage
to sag and crash the start-up sequence.
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