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INFO: solution to 30 second bios hang when using a caddy

There have been numerous mentions of 30second bios hangs when using a SSD or HDD in a caddy on a 2510P. I did some testing to identify the conditions causing this hang. Results on the right and summarized below: newmodeus caddy: when running as master, would cause the 30second hang with bios F.0E. Downgrading to F.0A saw no more bios hang. Upgrading the bios back to F.0E saw the return of the 30second bios boot hang. ebay caddy: has no boot hangs

caddy +500GB Fujitsu sata HDD mode bios F.0E F.0A newmodeus sata-to-pata master 30s hang no hang slave no hang ebay sata-to-pata master no hang

Solution: downgrade to F.0A bios from here if affected OR run the caddy as slave, or use a ebay caddy. This solution may also be applicable to pata HDDs as well.