Tuomas Kuosmanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 12:41:05PM +0200, thus said Zlatko Calusic:
> > I experience a strange behavior on my BP6 after I have put second
> > drive in my computer. Now, every time I power up the computer, after
> > it has been off for a longer time (hours), it won't boot. I have to
> > turn it off (pressing button for 4 seconds) than turn it on again, and
> > only then it boots.
> >
> > First drive is IBM DPTA 13.5GB 7200 UDMA66 (on HPT366), and now I have
> > added Maxtor 32305H3 20GB 5400 UDMA33 on standard interface.
> >
> > Does anybody have any idea why it happens?
> >
> > I will gladly supply other data that could be of help while debugging
> > this strangeness.
>
> Could be that the Maxtor takes a longer time to start up, and bios misses
> it? If it is that, I think there is a bios setting to add time to wait for
> the HD's to spin up on startup. Of course it could be something else as
> well.
>
Well I was thinking something along that line. I even tried raising
that delay in the BIOS, but later I found that delay was applied long
after the initial boot sequence, but I in fact never got near
there. :(
I think I was slightly vague with the "won't boot" explanation. Exact
symptom is: I hear disks spining up, but I don't get any video
output. Monitor stays in the power save mode. Pressing power button
doesn't power off the computer, but depressing it for 4 seconds does.
After pressing power button once again, booting goes flawlessly. Whats
more interesting is that I can reproduce it any time computer has been
off for some time. Weird, is it?
--
Zlatko
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