Re: Western Digital SATA 120

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From: _MARK_ (markstonecipher_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:51:00 -0600

IT sees the drive in BIOS, my problem is when booting from CD. Once it
starts to check hardware settings the screen goes black..

"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
news:uMuZ5VeFFHA.2928@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi, Mark.
>
> I think the answer is yes, but I've never had an ASUS mobo and I don't
> know what your BIOS requires. On my EPoX (Award BIOS), it's sort of a
> two-level choice: first I pick Hard Drives, then I move my SCSI up to #1,
> above my two IDE drives. Yes, the IDEs are still Primary/Master and
> Secondary/Master.
>
> Why don't you have a look around Tech Support on the ASUS website
> (http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/mbindex.htm, if you are in North America)
> and then select your mobo model number.
>
> You might find other ASUS users with better advice in this Usenet
> newsgroup:
> alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "_MARK_" <markstonecipher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ejbwa6dFFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> One more question. Once I plug the 2 IDE drives back in do I still leave
>> them as Primary and Secondary. Earlier when I plugged them back in the
>> ASUS board didnt show the SATA drive as a choice to boot from..
>

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