Quote Originally Posted by A-Grey View Post
Did you do a Clear CMOS after flashing your board?
yep indeed.Loaded Setup defaults, rebooted to Windows, shut down and hit the CMOS reset button in the mobo, reboot and then flashed.

But whats most strange abt the problem now is that its the same HDD that gets undetected each time the CMOS gets reset.All the other HDDs are fine and when i clear CMOS, it gets detected again and works perfect until the next hang when the HDD again disappears and CMOS settings get cleared.

I even tried changing the SATA cable, the power connector to the HDD but to no avail.If its int he 4th SATA port, it gives

"4th SATA HDD error
Press F1 to resume" message in POST.If its int he 3rd SATA port, message becomes

"3rd SATA HDD error
Press F1 to resume"

Sometimes, there will be a " CMOS Date/Time not set" message along with the above one too...


Am absolutely frustrated with this error.Any help wud be highly appreciated.

PS: Checked the HDD with HDTune thoroughly for any sorta errors and it just is as good as day 1 when it is getting detected.