I've tried another set of Corsairs, XMS 2000, with the same result, using bios F3 up through F6d.
First cold boot having upgraded the bios is OK but as soon as I Save and Exit with only a few changes (RAID, disable 1394, eSATA AHCI) it acts up.
It seemed like it was more willing to cold boot using IDE mode but I won't be using that option
The only thing I haven't tried changing is the PSU, Keyboard and the GPU.
I'll try the cpu/memory on a different MB, just to rule out some of the variables.
BTW, why aren't 3Gb/s SSDs recognized by the Intel 6Gb/s ports?
I've tried Intel G1s and they wont show up. (the C300s do work)
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