Start Up Problem With W2K Pro

[Kubie]

After 2+ years of trouble free running, I'm getting an intermittent problem at startup with my W2K.
Once in a while, when booting up, I get a black screen with this message:

Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.

I've checked to see if a disk was left in a drive and of course, there are none.
Like I said, I may go a week or more before I see the message again. I can Ctrl+Alt+Del and the pc boots normally. One time I got the message twice.
TIA

Carl

[rjfvillarosa]

Have you tried a hard drive diagnostic using the manufacturers diagnostic tool? this tool is downloadable from the manufacturers website.

[Kubie]

Thanks for the fast reply but I'm hoping that my 80gig Maxtor SATA isn't starting to lose it.
I'll run a diagnostic and see what I get.

Carl

[Kubie]

Have you tried a hard drive diagnostic using the manufacturers diagnostic tool? this tool is downloadable from the manufacturers website.

I d/l'd the latest Maxblast and ran it. Everything passed so the HDD is in good shape.
If the problem occurred everytime I booted the pc, the problem would be easier to pinpoint.

Thanks for the help.

Carl

[glc]

Look in the bios for a HDD delay setting - add 3 seconds to whatever it's set at now.

[Kubie]

Hi glc,
Long time no talk too.

I'll check the BIOS and make adjustments.

Thanks for the reply.

Carl

[Kubie]

Well, it looks like I'm going to have to update the BIOS.
I searched for the HDD Delay setting and could not find one so I found this at the Asus support site. The updated BIOS has a delay setting for SATA drives.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...19.zip~zaqwedc

Carl