hangs after POST


  1. messi123
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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    hangs after POST


    I have gone through a lot of googling before posting this one...
    I have acer 8930G laptop, Intel ICH9M-E/M controller and Hitachi 2tb esata drive..
    hdd is working fine but esata has problems (No h/w problem i have CHECKED)

    Problem:
    When my drive is connected and I do a bootup.. it hangs after POST and again on Windows 7 boot logo, when i remove the esata drive it boots normally... if i connect it after windows logon, it again hangs..


    I played around a lot with various drivers (Standard AHCI from Microsoft, various versions of Intel ICH9M-E/M controller 8.6.0.1007 to 10.0.0.1008). The results are as follows :
    Standard AHCI : doesnt detect the esata drive
    8.6.0.1007 : detects the drive but it hangs as stated above
    10.0.0.1008 : doesnt detect the drive and Intel Matrix rapid storage technologies crashes..

    Some other things which I have tried are :

    played with the power options a bit regarding hard disk sleep and all, still no luck

    playing around with BIOS updated it.

    P.S.: SATA mode is AHCI

    Sometimes with luck using 8.6.0.1007:
    Often the esata hdd is detected out of the box and runs quite flawlessly (awesome transfer speed ) but It doesn't do it every time..

    So it is not h/d problem, neither BIOS ... still trying to figure out whats the problem
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  3. messi123
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    some help with my problem ??
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  4. pparks1
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Have you spoken to acer technical support about the problem?
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  6. essenbe
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    The only time I have had a similar problem was when I had a defective hard drive. I might suggest you run a diagnostic program to make sure the HDD is not causing the problem.
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