Hello all
Interesting forum you have here!
I have given up trying to install a pair of Plextor 810SAs (or whatever they are underneath) on either of my homebrew PCs -- same motherboard Aopen AX4SPE Max II, Win XP Pro -- one PC has IDE + SATA hard drives, the other is twin SATA hard drives so the machines understand SATA well.
The reward for all my endeavors is that neither machine will boot into Windows when the new Plextors are connected. It stalls during booting up, boot disk failure, insert system disk (words to that effect). However the Plextor drives are recognised on the boot screen.
I tried every combination I know in the BIOS for auto, combined, enhanced, SATA only without success. The system stalls whenever the Px drives are powered up. I hoped I could just drop the drives in and they would work, but obviously not!
There is no manual or online support, could anyone offer pointers or advice before I throw them in the trash? I should have stuck with my pair of Px 708's.
Thanks -- Alan
Interesting forum you have here!
I have given up trying to install a pair of Plextor 810SAs (or whatever they are underneath) on either of my homebrew PCs -- same motherboard Aopen AX4SPE Max II, Win XP Pro -- one PC has IDE + SATA hard drives, the other is twin SATA hard drives so the machines understand SATA well.
The reward for all my endeavors is that neither machine will boot into Windows when the new Plextors are connected. It stalls during booting up, boot disk failure, insert system disk (words to that effect). However the Plextor drives are recognised on the boot screen.
I tried every combination I know in the BIOS for auto, combined, enhanced, SATA only without success. The system stalls whenever the Px drives are powered up. I hoped I could just drop the drives in and they would work, but obviously not!
There is no manual or online support, could anyone offer pointers or advice before I throw them in the trash? I should have stuck with my pair of Px 708's.
Thanks -- Alan