ph33r213 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Even though the OS isnt installed yet, i thought it would fit in here. I have a msi k8n neo4 sli motherboard. Using the installer I formatted my IDE harddrive, but when i went to restart it, the bios would just stay stuck on the splash screen. I disconnected it, and turned off the splash screen, which would show me what the bios was doing as it was starting up. I plugged the harddrive back in and turned it on. It would just stay frozen after detecting all my devices, even the harddrive as its model number showed up. I'm afraid to try with another harddrive as that's the one im using to post this, and I wouldn't want to ruin that one too. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120985-my-computer-wont-start-if-osx-harddrive-is-plugged-in/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I'm not familiar with this particular motherboard and BIOS, but it sounds like your formatted-but-no-OS IDE hard drive becomes the default boot drive when it is installed.(connected). The BIOS almost certainly allows you to change the default back to your original boot drive. You probably don't have a problem (or a bad hard drive) just need to make changes in your BIOS setup to select which drive to boot from. G Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120985-my-computer-wont-start-if-osx-harddrive-is-plugged-in/#findComment-856138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph33r213 Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 It is the default, but the thing is, it doesn't get far enough for me to either change the bios settings or for it to even attempt to boot from the harddrive. I had osx 10.4.7 working for quite a while using the same hardware, so I know its possible, but I just don't get why the bios wont keep going after that point. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120985-my-computer-wont-start-if-osx-harddrive-is-plugged-in/#findComment-856142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph33r213 Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 I fixed it, well, atleast i got the harddrive back. I took apart an old external HD, I put the harddrive in and just formatted it through windows, now its pretty much the way it was. Maybe this would help someone else with the same problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120985-my-computer-wont-start-if-osx-harddrive-is-plugged-in/#findComment-856219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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