[OT] Cold Boot Hangs

[Madison Kelly]

Stephen wrote:
> I have an older computer running an AMD 3200 processor on an MSI 
> motherboard.
> 
> It had been my Windows XP machine, but I no longer needed it.
> 
> I replaced the small drives with three large SATA drives and installed 
> Ubuntu.
> 
> During an update (Update Manager) it crashed, and I had to reinstall 
> Ubuntu.
> 
> One of the SATA drives would disappear, and I had to switch around the 
> cables but it seems stable now.
> 
> So the problem that remains is the system will not cold boot (at least 
> in 10 minutes).
> 
> It hangs at the initial screen during the POST.
> 
> A Ctr-Alt-Del reboots and this proceeds well.
> 
> Can anyone suggest what I can check?
> 
> Thanks
> Stephen

BIOS update for better large drive support?

Madi
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