[OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:41:08 -0700, Gary Roach wrote:

> I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am
> switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a
> long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is
> that it can't find the WD600BB, 60 GB hard drive. A second try usually
> fixed the problem. It has an Intel D865PERL mother board, a P4 2.4 GHZ
> processor and 512 MB DDR 400 ram. I just upgraded the BIOS to the latest
> version.

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A quick Google search points to a known problem for that board:

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en#hl=en&complete=0&site=webhp&q=Intel+D865PERL+hard+disk+boot&oq=Intel+D865PERL+hard+disk+boot&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=serp.3...2893l5210l0l5434l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0.pfwc.&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=43704773c80105b2&biw=1280&bih=888

For example:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f15/intel-d865perl-wont-boot-sometimes-25259.html

I would contact Intel tech support and ask them for a fix to this.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón