Strange issue after installing second HD

[DarkenedHeart]

I installed a second HD as a slave (jumper and cable) into my computer.
The drive has nothing on it. Now when i turn the computer on just after the bios POST it seems to hang for about a minute before loading the windows logo screen. Any ideas?

Its not a major problem as it still boots into windows, can be just a bit annoying.

System Spec:
Asus M2V-MX SE MoBo
AMD64 Sempron 3400+
1Gb DDR2 Memory
Gigabyte Geforce 7200 GS
Primary HD: Maxtor 40gb IDE with Windows
Slave: Maxtor 80gb IDE

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Are you sure it's set as a slave?

Can you check out the boot menu in the BIOS and make sure it's last on the list (if it's there)

[DarkenedHeart]

Yep already checked it.
Their listed correctly in there.

[esther]

maybe it just does that because you attached a new hard disk so the desktop still as to search it.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Just to make sure it's not a problem with your computer, remove the Slave Hard Drive and see if the problem remains.

[DarkenedHeart]

OK i removed the slave hd and started up. Loaded fine, didnt hang at all.

So i plugged the hd back in and started up again. Now loads fine.

I dont know what happened but unplugging it and plugging it back in seemed to do the trick maybe it wasnt plugged in properly.

Thanks anyway!

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Hehe, Good job.