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Originally Posted by CDan  I hope you're removing the other cards when testing the SIL card. Failure to boot is almost certainly a controller issue, not the drive. If the Windows loading starts, then freezes, then it's a driver issue. Sometimes Windows tries to revert to a previous (incorrect) driver. Anyhow, I've had more than one SATA controller refuse to boot with the optical drive connected. |
Of course I removed the other cards.
Windows never gets that far so it's nothing to do with windows. With the optical plugged in I got the message " INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" just when it after it detected CD-ROMs. I just started doing this recently. Unhook the SATA cable and the PC boots fine.
When I got it working I ran CD speed and it could not finish reading DVDs properly (very good quality disks).
The courier came and took it away this morning, Im sure its broke.