I have a system that has a Gigabyte mobo, Adaptec SCSI contoller (card) with 2 Seagate Cheetah 73GB 15K drives, & also with a 160GB IDE drive that contains the OS & apps. I have purchased a WD 400GB SATA 150 drive to add to this system. What the system boots after installing the new drive, after it finds all of the drive systems (SCSI & SATA controllers & drives), it goes to a black screen like just before Windows loads & stays there. It will not go any further. If I unplug the SATA drive from the cable (the cable is still plugged into the board) & restart it will go thru the same routine but Windows will start up without any problems.
I have tried removing SATA drivers & reinstalling them, updating the SATA drivers, searching the Gigabyte FAQ's & forums, searching WD's FAQ's & forums, & removing the SCSI controller card. But Windows will not start with this drive connected to the cable. I have also tried 2 other cables & the other SATA connector on the mobo. Also I have tried the drive in another computer & it found the drive & should the contents without any problems. So it doesn't appear the be any problem with the drive itself.
The really wierd thing about this is that when I first installed this drive (it had never had a SATA drive in it before), Windows booted right up & found the drive. I used Disk Management to format the drive successfully. After rebooting, this problem started.
Can anyone make any suggestions?? It's really got me baffled!! Thanks!!
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