Could not load Bios

[moid]

I added a second HDD yesterday (320gb SATA to be used as storage)

Now when I boot up my PC it says "Could not load Bios", followed by a few other similar messages before it asks to reboot or enter a bootdisk.

HOWEVER, if I press "del" when the booting up, go into the bios and then out straight away - it loads XP from the first HDD without any problems

I have checked the boot options in the Bios which are correctly set at my first HDD (disabled the 2nd as a bootup drive)

My spec is in the siggy below

Any ideas whats happening or why?

 

[moid]

Shameless BUMP

Do the new SATA drives need jumper settings if there is more than one of them?

 

[moid]

Ok - update.

Been hunting the web and found the following article which seems to suggest that the Asus A8V (with a Via VT8237 Southbridge) is NOT compatible with SATAII.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=24910

I'm assuming this is whats causing my problem.

I can warm boot into windows (i.e. press restart when the initial boot fails) but not cold boot. I have also used the jumper to limit the drive to SATAI but this hasn't worked either.

Any suggestions?

Gonna see what happens if I use it as an external drive instead (will swap it for my backup drive if that works)

 

[moid]

Well I sorted it.

I put my 320GB Seagate SATAII external backup drive into my PC and the Samsung drive as the external backup.

Hey presto - no issues - boots up fine now and the samsung works perfectly as a external backup.

Guessing either it didn't like two Samsung drives together, or the Samsung SATAII is different to the Seagate SATAII.

Anyhoo - sorted now.