Raptor not detected on cold boot (comes up 2nd time around)

[supaidaaman]

Ive my a 150gb raptor for my os using an evga x58 E758-A1 and 1000w antec PSU

The raptor wont show up until after its powered on and then reset again. Everything is turned on in the bios that would use affect the HD...and im using AHCI mode.

Its also on the intel controller.

This just started happening in the past few weeks.

Any ideas? The psu is a real beast...so i dont thin thats it.

 

[mfenn]

Sounds like the drive is taking longer to spin up and report itself as ready in its old age. Look around the BIOS and see if there is an "HDD delay" or "HDD wait" option.

 

[betasub]

Sounds the same as the issue I had with an original 74GB Raptor on a Skt939 board: on cold boot BIOS wouldn't recognise the drive to access the bootloader. Warm boot not a problem.

I worked around it by putting it last in the queue of possible boot devices, so that it was powered up and spinning by the time BIOS had checked (and failed) with CD/DVD/USB et al as boot devices.