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First post, by oldgames79

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Hi,

I have a Asus vl/i-486sv2gx4 motherboard with a Winbond W83758P VLB Multi MIO-2050 controller.

With this config a put a HDD Seagate 418Mb. In the Bios the HDD is detected and correctly configured but after the POST, the hard disk won't boot. There is no error message on the screen and the sytem freeze or sometims reboot.
When I disable the HDD in the bios: after the POST I have this normal message "disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter"

I have tried with different controller and HDD and I have the same issue. there is a problem with the motherboard ? or the bios is not correctly configured ?

Reply 1 of 9, by treeman

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See what happens with external cache disabled in bios, worth a shot since its quick and easy

Reply 2 of 9, by jesolo

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What do you currently have installed on the hard drive?
Do you have anything else installed on the same IDE channel, like a CD-ROM drive?
Check that your HDD's jumpers have been properly configured for Master and connect the end of the IDE cable to the hard drive.
It's also possible you have a faulty IDE cable.

Last edited by jesolo on 2019-04-16, 09:03. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 3 of 9, by Nvm1

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Remove the HDD and try to boot from Floppy, does that work?
Is the HDD tested and OK? Drives with problems spinning up gave me identical problems.

And what is your boot order in Bios? Is it C, A or is it A, C?

Reply 4 of 9, by oldgames79

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treeman wrote:

See what happens with external cache disabled in bios, worth a shot since its quick and easy

Thanks, it work now but why the external cache enable freeze boot ? There is a problem with the CPU or is the fake cache ?

Reply 5 of 9, by treeman

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First thing check the jumpers on the motherboard against the manual to see if the cache is configured properly.

If you have access to another set of cache or a tester test your cache chips.

See if there is a later bios version for your board, if you have access to a external programmer. When I put this board in google a link to phils computer lab came with a manual and some bios images.

It could also be a irq conflict with the hdd controller and a soundcard maybye? try with video card and ide controller only

Reply 6 of 9, by oldgames79

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I see that on my motherboard the TAG is missing. The TAG is important ?

Reply 8 of 9, by oldgames79

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I double check tonight but I'm sure the support of TAG is empty

Reply 9 of 9, by oldgames79

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Problem solved.

I put a new TAG ship in the socket and now it work perfectly.

Thanks to all.