USB controller initializing

[verity25]

Hi,

Hope someone can help me with this. I am running Win 7 on a P5Q motherboard and everything was working fine until I added another HD to my system. I have a 500gb HD already installed, but recently added an 80GB HD. My problem is that when I start up my computer from cold it hangs at the boot screen on " initializing USB Controller". After I reboot several times it will eventually start, but sometimes I have to run the windows repair program to get it to boot. Would this be because of an issue with the added HD or something else causing it. Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks,

Verity

 

[Buckshot420]

Are you using the second drive as a slave?

 

[verity25]

Yes...just as storage to ruin a few programs from

 

[Buckshot420]

Are these both SATA drives or is one SATA and the othe PATA/IDE?

 

[verity25]

both SATA but as IDE

 

[Buckshot420]

Im assuming you already set the jumpers on both drives as Master and Slave and checked the BIOS boot order?

 

[verity25]

I checked the boot order, but I forgot about the jumpers. could that be the problem?

 

[Buckshot420]

I checked the boot order, but I forgot about the jumpers. could that be the problem?

That is the problem. 500gig = Master 80gig = slave

 

[verity25]

I'll take a look at the drive to see what it's set to...Thanks...

 

[verity25]

I looked at my drives and they are both connected tom SATA connectors.

 

[Buckshot420]

go to the device manager and see if there are any open devices possibly showing exclamation points. Most likely a USB host controller. Have you thought about using an external USB enclosure?

 

[verity25]

There are no exclamation points and all drivers are up to date. I have an external USB HD but using it for backup and storage.

 

[Buckshot420]

are both drives showing up in disk manager?

 

[verity25]

Yes...both drives are showing. Now it seems the problem has worsened as I have to reboot several times to get to the bios startup page. I removed the small drive I added but that didn't make any difference.

 

[Buckshot420]

This should help.
http://tora-japan.com/wiki/ASUS_P5Q_PRO_does_not_work_with_two_IDE_devices_(solved)

Here's a forum thread.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252155-30-wont-recognize

 

[verity25]

Tried the fixes but still the same problems persist...

 

[Buckshot420]

ASUS P5Q PRO does not work with two IDE devices. Is your DVD IDE?

Turn "Marvell IDE Boot ROM" in the BIOS settings enabled.

 

[verity25]

Yes it is...Tried Marvell on and off, makes no difference. Strange thing is when I do get it booted up if I do a soft reboot it will start with no problems...

 

[Buckshot420]

Yes it is...Tried Marvell on and off, makes no difference. Strange thing is when I do get it booted up if I do a soft reboot it will start with no problems...

Have you tried a different SATA port on your mobo?

 

[verity25]

Yes, I plugged it in to another one, made no difference.

 

[Guest]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/339389-31-boot-stuck-initializing-controllers
This helped me, refer to the bottom for the Answer Hope it helps

 

[mailpup]

It might not be much help to the original poster (OP) considering this is a three year old thread.

 

[DelJo63]

Forgive me, but I thought SATA did not use master/salve ...