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Feb 16^th, 2009 at 7:21am

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This 160gb Sata HD worked OK in PC "A" for a long time.

Removed it & put it in new PC "B".

I put an old PATA HD in the old PC "A".

Now I tried to put the 160gbSATA back into the old PC "A" but it does not boot. It keeps rebooting continously.

Somebody suggested that maybe something stack in AHCI mode. There is not such thing appearing in this BIOS (mobo bought in 2005) & SATA shows as enabled.

My new PC "B" has the options for AHCI, RAID and IDE / Compatability but only SATA was used.

Any ideas as to how to get it boot up in this SATA HD?

Thanx, ...............luke

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Reply #1 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 12:20pm

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I would double-check the BIOS settings and make sure that the SATA drive is the Primary Boot Device.

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Reply #2 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 12:45pm

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Luke - are you saying that it gets to Windows and reboots or just stays in the BIOS startup screen?

You might also try physically switching the SATA cable to a different port and see what the BIOS recognizes. Then as sugested, be sure the drive is set as the boot drive.

IF you are getting to WIndows and then rebooting you have a different problem.

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Reply #3 - Feb 17^th, 2009 at 12:37pm

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Before windows, & changed the cable position.

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