Help with Asus_P5P800 + Maxtor 250

[mrgoogleman]

I was checking out this site and see a lot of knowledgeable people an
wanted to check if anyone could help me out.

I'm building a new PC for my sister and ran into an issue.


Motherboard = P5P800 (775 socket)
CPU = Intel 540 (3.2 Gig)
Harddrive = 250 Gig Maxtor SATA w16mb
DVD = LG DVD 16X IDE

Everytime I plug the SATA drive in, the BIOS freezes. If I restar
the system and hold the DEL button (immediately) it will boot up an
then display an F1 for BIOS or F2 for Continus to error. The erro
says something about Overclocking failed although my Overclocking i
set to Standard and not chosen. If I boot up and wait a second t
press the DEL button the system will not let me continue and appear
frozen (I've let it sit for 20 min with no error)

I did hold the DEL button and pressed continue and installed X
successfully, but I don't want to have to teach her how to press DE
follwed by F2 everytime she wants to turn the power on.

If I unplug the SATA HD, the PC will boot up without any errors an
will load the XP CD in the Dvd Burner.

I've tried playing with the IDE config and it still doesn't d
anything. I Currently have it set as following:
IDE Operate Mode = ENHANCED MODE
Enchanced Mode Support oN = SATA
IDE Detect Time Out = 35


I'm puzzled as to why I get an overclock error when I boot up with th
SATA, and when I unplug it I get no errors. When I press DEL and F2
can bootup fine as well?


Any Help would be greatly appreciated

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mrgoogleman

[George Macdonald]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:12:05 +0000, mrgoogleman
<mrgoogleman.1kev7m@news.computerbanter.com> wrote:
I was checking out this site and see a lot of knowledgeable people andwanted to check if anyone could help me out.I'm building a new PC for my sister and ran into an issue.Motherboard = P5P800 (775 socket)CPU = Intel 540 (3.2 Gig)Harddrive = 250 Gig Maxtor SATA w16mbDVD = LG DVD 16X IDEEverytime I plug the SATA drive in, the BIOS freezes. If I restartthe system and hold the DEL button (immediately) it will boot up andthen display an F1 for BIOS or F2 for Continus to error. The errorsays something about Overclocking failed although my Overclocking isset to Standard and not chosen. If I boot up and wait a second topress the DEL button the system will not let me continue and appearsfrozen (I've let it sit for 20 min with no error)I did hold the DEL button and pressed continue and installed XPsuccessfully, but I don't want to have to teach her how to press DELfollwed by F2 everytime she wants to turn the power on.If I unplug the SATA HD, the PC will boot up without any errors andwill load the XP CD in the Dvd Burner.I've tried playing with the IDE config and it still doesn't doanything. I Currently have it set as following:IDE Operate Mode = ENHANCED MODEEnchanced Mode Support oN = SATAIDE Detect Time Out = 35I'm puzzled as to why I get an overclock error when I boot up with theSATA, and when I unplug it I get no errors. When I press DEL and F2 Ican bootup fine as well?

Many of the new mbrds which have built in BIOS settings for "overclocking"
flag that error now, even if overlcocking is not being used - it generally
just means that there has been a failure on POST.

I'd check for a BIOS update first and then: did you Load BIOS Defaults (or
Failsafe Mode) and save the BIOS settings? Have you tried different SATA
connectors on the mbrd?... download & run Maxtor's diags?

ISTR reading somewhere that some of the new 16MB cache hard disks have been
causing problems with some BIOSs on recognition. You might search on Asus'
user forum or in the Asus NG, to see if you can find a similar experience.

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Rgds, George Macdonald