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ASUS + Sandy Bridge Problems
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Linux_User
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Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Hi all,
Brief synopsis:
Working on a SB PC, with a i7 2600K & ASUS P8P67 LE.
PC will boot fine if DVD-ROM and Boot HDD are attached to the 6gbps SATA ports.
HOWEVER, if the second hard drive is attached to ANY of the remaining SATA ports (be it the one remaining 6gbps, or any of the 4 3gbps) the PC will freeze during boot on the "second" ASUS splash screen.
CPU, RAM and PSU all check out OK. And Windows boots if I put just the one HDD in.
Any ideas?
PS. Both drives are SATA 3gbps drives, tempted to try a couple of 6gbps drives and see if they work.
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| Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:41 am |
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okenobi
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
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Yeah, send it back to the etailer/Asus for a replacement. After all the SB hoohaa, you're entitled to one anyhow. And it wouldn't surprise me if this was an innate chipset issue.
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| Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:48 am |
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adidan
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^ this, worth contacting Asus or your retailer (are retailers replacing these???). I take it it's not a B3 motherboard?
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| Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:46 am |
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hifidelity2
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I assume you have
checked the BIOS (or whatever the new name is) that the 3Gb have been enabled correctly
and]
looked for any BIOS updates
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| Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:53 pm |
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veato
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Location: Nottingham
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Is it a 'B3' revision board? If not get it swapped.
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| Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:06 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Turns out it's not the board, it's the HDD. Samsung HDDs have some sort of firmware issue with SB, a swap to a Western Digital drive sorted out the boot issues.  As for swapping - already registered. 
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| Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:30 pm |
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