Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
> I am still having the instability problem wherein I have to jiggle
> power connector sometimes to get my machines to boot.
>
> I re-configured my AMD machine so that right now I have:
>
> Primary Master - Seagate Barracuda 120GB ST31200026A
> Primary Slave - TSST CORP DVDW TS
> Secondary Master - WDC WD1600JB-00GVC0
> Secondary Slave - MAXTOR 60GB 6Y060L0
>
> This is the way I really want to run this machine.
> I have activated all fans so that now I have two case fans running
> plus the CPU and PSU fans. I have enclosed the tower.
>
> I am still having the instability, and now I even find that the third
> HDD I added is showing problems. When I first boot, BIOS identifies
> the Maxtor as a 'CALYPSO', and after I reach the WXP desktop, and look
> at MyComputer, I find that neither HDD on the secondary IDE is
> detected by XP, If I immediately shut down/restart - the BIOS
> correctly identifies all the HDDs and MyComputer shows all HDDs.
> Go figure!

Maybe the power supply is a bit under powered and you have a
problem spinning up the drives initially, but the restart done from
within Win sees them because by then they have all spun up fine.