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BIOS Q; Cannot boot with [extra] drive on PCI/IDE Card...
(if the sub-forum is wrong place for the thread, sorry; mods/admin move accordingly)
I have W7 RTM new install, which boots fine as long as an old HDD is NOT connected to a PCI IDE Controller Card. If I plug in the HDD, W7 will not load.
It WILL boot with the Card plugged in, but will NOT with a drive plugged into the Card
Now that I remember, W7 would not INSTALL when I had the old drive plugged in to the PCI Card.
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CPU is older AMD 2-Core...
Hardware / HDD setup =
IDE Primary - DVD on Master, S'Gate 250 G Slave
SATA 1 - WD 500 G (with W7 RTM)
PCI IDE Controller Card with a Maxtor 80G
BIOS Settings =
Boot Device Order = ODD 1st, WD 500 G = 2nd
HDD Order = WD 500 G 1st, SG 250 2nd, 3rd Device DISABLED
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W7 it seems is seeing itself 'out of disk order' somehow.
One clue, perhaps; W7 AFTER booting (with NO PCI / IDE HDD plugged in), DOES see the PCI / IDE Card. ???