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Originally Posted by rr3636
But having it on master makes the computer hang about 30-60sec on boot... Setting it to slave the hanging disapears, although booting to win7 is the same (can't do a thing).
Any more suggestions to what I should try?
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Boot-hang after changing the master drive
There are some drive signatures that get stored in bios eeprom that appear to require overwriting to get rid of the hang. A couple of ways to try: (i) remove battery+AC power, press and hold power button for 1min to clear CMOS settings (ii) try to flash downgrade to F.0A (iii) remove CMOS eeprom chip from it's socket in the 1.8" drive bay for 1 minute, reinstall.
Some other random suggested steps to overcome your Win7 hang:
1. Disable all unnecessary devices in CMOS setup , boot Win7 and see if makes a difference. Could even
disable Vpro/TPM which allows NIC to then be disabled in setup.
2. Try
ebay caddy with Marvell sata-to-pata bridge chip.
Hardset it to master. Set
1.8" HDD as slave or just disconnect it while testing. I have confirmed this 2.5" + 1.8" setup using my 500GB sata HDD and ebay caddy and believe newmodeus return policy would refund you due to incompatibility if found to be the root problem. The Marvell chip is also slightly better performing, but uses 1W versus 0.8W. Order ASAP if wanting to try as the shipping takes a while.