why would bios setup not open after.....

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Beemer

My ECS KN1 SLI computer (award bios 6) which has 6 SATA ports (1-4 Nvidea
NForce4 and 5-6 Silicon Image) was running okay with ports 1-4 in use. I
then connected an additional two 500GB sata drives to ports 5-6. Now the MB
will not enter bios setup using the normal DEL key.

Help!

regards,

Beemer
 
Beemer said:
My ECS KN1 SLI computer (award bios 6) which has 6 SATA ports (1-4 Nvidea
NForce4 and 5-6 Silicon Image) was running okay with ports 1-4 in use. I
then connected an additional two 500GB sata drives to ports 5-6. Now the
MB will not enter bios setup using the normal DEL key.
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.... and if you remove the drives again, can you then enter the BIOS? If so,
then this must be power related. If not, then this has been a problem for a
while and you haven't noticed. Have you bought a new USB keyboard to replace
an old PS/2 one perhaps?
 
... and if you remove the drives again, can you then enter the BIOS? If so,
then this must be power related. If not, then this has been a problem for a
while and you haven't noticed. Have you bought a new USB keyboard to replace
an old PS/2 one perhaps?
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Possibly power, but another thing to try is disconnecting
the port 1-4 drives completely and leaving the port 5-6
drives connected to see if it makes a difference. If it
does, perhaps a bios update would resolve this.

Also if the drives are SATA300 but the board isn't, check
for a jumper to force SATA150 mode.
 
kony said:
Possibly power, but another thing to try is disconnecting
the port 1-4 drives completely and leaving the port 5-6
drives connected to see if it makes a difference. If it
does, perhaps a bios update would resolve this.

Also if the drives are SATA300 but the board isn't, check
for a jumper to force SATA150 mode.
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Kony,

Did as you suggested re removing the other drives and I was able to enter
setup. Then replaced them and all is now well. I think it was the on
board Silicon controller that was not being recognised.

Thanks,

Beemer
 
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