On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:13:03 -0400, you wrote:
>On 2 Apr 2006 at 16:16, Hugh Gundersen wrote:
>> Then it asked did I want to install windows XP - of course I did - (what a
>> stupid question) then it
>> told me it was "Examining 152626 MB DISK 0 at ID 0 on bus 0 on ATAPI....."
>>
>> How long should it be examining this bloody Hdd?
>
>I spent a frustrating 4 hours last week with a machine I assembled
>last week with this very problem.
>
>Abit mobo had an NForce 4 chipset. Hard drive was Maxtor SATA.
>Mobo mapped the SATA as an IDE device and could install without a
>driver diskette (which surprised me).
>
>Had it examine drive forever, finally got it to instal but on soft
>reboot drive led came on and stayed on with system stuck.
>Then tried to install mobo drivers and it remains at booting XP
>screen.
>
>Basically this appears to be a bug in the maxtor firmware for some
>of their SATA drives.
>There is a conflict with NForce4 chipsets and the Maxtor SATA
>drives take too long to complete init sequence. Windows itself will
>time out and nothing happens.
>Typicxally a hard reboot (turn off power switch on power supply)
>will get the drive to init (sometimes) but a soft reboot will fail.
>
>You can get details via Google.
>You need to contact Maxtor for updated firmware.
>
>
Well there you go !!!!!!!!! It wasn't me. However, as you say the MOBO mapped
it as an IDE and
actually XP install actually stuffed a load of files there but it wouldn't
"boot or re-boo"t to
windows to continue.
Will have another go at Wayne's bat file suggestion in a cmd DOS window.
Sir Hugh of Bognor
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