On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Mahesh T. Pai <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I know this is not related to Linux or FOSS. But the box runs Debian, > and am hoping that people here would have some experience dealing with > things like this. > > I got a new 500 GB SATA HDD, Seagate make. Output of smartctl says > something about compliance with version of 8 of ATA standards. (the > disk is not connected right now).
There are many SATA versions http://www.t13.org/Standards/Default.aspx?DocumentType=3 > > When the new disk is connected, the BIOS either shows a blank screen > or throws up an error message, and asks me to set CMOS time, which > falls back to 2002. Especially When I power on after a gap of 20 > minutes or more. M28N Some mainboard component has failed or it is a built-in bug for the type of chipset you have. change bios. Remove all other sata drives and test. use ahci speed? Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
