Sorry for length but necessary. I've got a Gigibyte GA-880GA-UD3H MB
For some time now I've been having trouble with it. First windows will crash, but not always. Same thing happens when shut down properly. Anyway when I try to reboot it either won't boot stating HD corruption or it won't even see the HD at all. I've spent hours just trying to get into windows so I can install a fresh copy. No avail. Damn thing won't even post so long as ANY HD is plugged in. I tried 3. So I took to tricking it by unplugging the drive and then replugging after post. Thank God for SATA being hot plugable. This would get me into BIOS but for nothing since it didn't see the drive but in turn this would sometimes get me to windows load but then it's stuck in a check disk loop. Through it all the one constant was my DVD. It was always seen (sata too) and never a problem. So for kicks I plugged the drive into the same channel as the DVD. DVD in top slot hard drive underneath. Booted up like nothing ever happened. So I moved them both to channel 0 where the hard drive should be and again it booted up like new. What the hell is going on here? I've been building computers since like '98 and never had anything like this. Thoughts?
For some time now I've been having trouble with it. First windows will crash, but not always. Same thing happens when shut down properly. Anyway when I try to reboot it either won't boot stating HD corruption or it won't even see the HD at all. I've spent hours just trying to get into windows so I can install a fresh copy. No avail. Damn thing won't even post so long as ANY HD is plugged in. I tried 3. So I took to tricking it by unplugging the drive and then replugging after post. Thank God for SATA being hot plugable. This would get me into BIOS but for nothing since it didn't see the drive but in turn this would sometimes get me to windows load but then it's stuck in a check disk loop. Through it all the one constant was my DVD. It was always seen (sata too) and never a problem. So for kicks I plugged the drive into the same channel as the DVD. DVD in top slot hard drive underneath. Booted up like nothing ever happened. So I moved them both to channel 0 where the hard drive should be and again it booted up like new. What the hell is going on here? I've been building computers since like '98 and never had anything like this. Thoughts?