System locks during boot with second HD installed

[davids]

System locks during boot with second HD installed

The sys specs are below.  When I install a new hard drive the systems hangs during boot up.  When I unplug the cable to the second drive it works fine.  This is true for both an ide drive connected directly to the mother board and a SATA drive connected via a PCI SATA card.  When I install the drive I'm able to partition it and format it using the disk manager tool and then copy files to it.  But when i shut down the system won't boot up.   The main drive is a Seagate 120 GB Barracuda set up as the master on IDE 1. The new drive is a WD SATA 1TB via a PCI SATA card.  But I had exactly the same problem when I installed a second Seagate 120gb barracuda as the slave on IDE 1.

The BIOS setting is set for HD 0, then CD drive, then HD 1.  I have suspicion that it may be the Boot.ini file (below)


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


All patches and updates are current.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I have a brand new 1TB drive that is going to waste.

 
Operating System      
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)      
Processor a      
1.80 gigahertz AMD Athlon MP (2 installed)
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded      
Drives      
120.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
62.49 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITEON CD-ROM LTN526S
Memorex DVD+-RAM 530L v1 [CD-ROM drive]

ST3120026A [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 4JT0NYPB, rev 8.01, SMART Status: Healthy      
      
       
       
       
Controllers      
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller      
Bus Adapters      
Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller      
Virus Protection [Back to Top]      
 
Sunbelt VIPRE Version 3.1.2837      
    Virus Definitions Version Up To Date      
    Realtime File Scanning On   
      
Communications      
 
            
D-Link DE-528 Ethernet PCI Adapter      
 primary    Auto IP Address:    192.168.1.70 / 24      
   Gateway:    192.168.1.254      
   Dhcp Server:    192.168.1.254      
   Physical Address:    00:50:BA:F3:DB:D6      
Intel(R) PRO/100 S Network Connection      
   Dhcp Server:    none responded      
   Physical Address:    00:0C:76:2A:B6:47      
       
Networking Dns Server:    192.168.1.254   
      
System Model      
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6501 
Enclosure Type: Desktop      
Main Circuit Board b      
Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6501 
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 12/13/2002      
Memory Modules c,d      
1024 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty      
Local Drive Volumes      
 
            
c: (NTFS on drive 0)   62.91 GB   37.42 GB free      
d: (NTFS on drive 0)   57.11 GB   25.07 GB free   
      
Network Drives      
None detected      
Printers      
 
hp deskjet 5550 series   on USB001      
Microsoft XPS Document Writer   on XPSPort:   
      
Display      
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
DELL 1702FP [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n 8G152316D826, January 2003)      
Multimedia      
Creative SB Live! Series (WDM)
Game Port for SB Live! Series
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port      
new Group Policies      
None discovered      
Other Devices      
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device
Logitech Cordless USB iTouch Keys
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant Cordless Mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (4x)   

[tdee]

 Many things would come to mind if I were troubleshooting this problem. You said you are using a PCI card ? Did you contact the maker of the card and tell then about your problem ? Are there any yellow marks in device manager ? or maybe something that shows up other devices ?

 Have you tried another card ? moved it to a different PCI slot ?
You could always buy a hard drive external enclosure and use the SATA 1TB with a USB cable. tdee

[davids]

I'm pretty sure it is not the card.  I had exactly the same problem with a different drive installed as the slave to the master on IDE 1 before the PCI SATA card was installed.  It seems to be something that hangs the boot up any time there is ANY second drive installed.

And no yellow checks.  The SATA card is installed OK. 

And the drive worked fine before I shut down.  Same with the other drive installed as the IDE 1 slave.

[tdee]

  Unplug the LITEON CD-ROM and  Memorex DVD+-RAM  and see if it boots. tdee

[davids]

So it will be just the two HD's?  OK I'll give that a try but it may be awhile before I can get to it.  I'm going to be away and will try it when I return.  I'll report back on the results.