long time decting ide devcies!

[eab]

Here is my proplem. My computer is takeing forever to detect my ide devces( one 60 gig samsung hdd and two cdrom drives), last time it booted up it took around 15 min. Also when playing games it randomly locks up. (I think that proplem is do to bad ram wich I tested and is bad and am getting it replaced).

Here are the specs on the machine.
Iwill kk233+ mobo
1.1ghz amd t bird
256 ram
340 watt power supply
60 gig samsung hd
aopen geforce 2 4mx
lucent chipset modem
genaric nic card.


I doupt it is the hdd drive becasue I took it off and put on a diferent one and it still takes a long time. Maybe it is the hard drive I don't know?

 

[David]

Double check cables and BIOS settings.

 

[eab]

What Bios settings would you check? They all are detected and set. I also tried setting it back to defualt and that didn't help ether.

Tried two cables but will try some more.

 

[turd]

are you aware of the master/slave settings for ide divices and the color plug spots for the newer 80 wire ide udma66+ cables
did u check in your divice manager and make sure that u have auto detect ,DMA if availible under each ide channels' advanced options, in the bios have each ide detection set for all auto


also, what OS are u using?

 

[Yodums]

I found out that cables give these type of error. Have your cable replaced...

 

[eab]

The bios is all set, it decets everything there. jumpers are all set.

Will try another cable tonight.

Now it seems sometimes it takes real long and other times it boots up normal.