PCI SATA disk causes GRUB to fail "loading Stage2..."

Hi,
I'm setting up a small home server using an old PC. The motherboard is an Aopen MX46U2-GN. It has a 40GB IDE HDD and an IDE CD-ROM drive.
I have bought a new 1TB SATA HDD for data storage, and a PCI SATA adapter card because this motherboard has no SATA ports. All of the hardware is working, except it is causing a strange boot problem.
I have a working Arch installation on the IDE drive. I can boot to this, or to the Arch liveCD or install CDROM in the optical drive.
However, if I power up the system with the SATA drive connected to the PCI card, it detects everything but hangs with the message "GRUB loading stage2...."
Powering up without the SATA drive connected is fine - I can then hotplug the SATA drive into the PCI card and it is detected as /dev/sdb. However, unplugging and replugging the drive every time the machine is rebooted is impractical.
I believe from Googling that it is related to the order in which the various drives are detected (hd0,0 etc.) and the new PCI card being detected before the IDE devices??
Question: How do I fix the GRUB installation so I can boot the machine with the SATA drive connected?
Thanks in advance

Hmm... thanks for the advice.
I think you are correct that the new disk is recognised first and therefore becomes sda for Linux and hd0 for grub.
Therefore, I changed the Grub menu.lst entries to hd1,0 etc. (from hd0,0). Booted from CD, chrooted into the partition and reinstalled grub.
Unfortunately it still doesn't work.
Strangely, when the new SATA disk is connected, I can't even boot from the CD-ROM! I get as far as
Boot from CD : Loading stage2 ....
before the system hangs.
Again, if I hotplug the SATA disk after booting from either the CD or the old HDD, I have no problem. Weird.

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Third IDE Master - Not Installed
Third IDE Slave - Not Installed
Fourth IDE Master - Not Installed
Fourth IDE Slave - Not Installed
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Primary IDE Slave - IC35L060AVV207-0
Secondary IDE Master - WDC WD1600JD-00HBB
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If anyone is kind enough, maybe you can tell me and others why suddenly the BIOS setting was changed by itself causing all these problems, and why “P-ATA Only, SATA Keep Enabled=Yes” works but “P-ATA + S-ATA, SATA Keep Enabled=No” does not.
Maybe your CMOS Battery is running low and it is time to replace it.
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Should I now tweak the Windows registry to change the drive letter of the SATA disk from D to E?
Try to change drive letters via the Windows Drive Manager:
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/driveltr.php
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Problem 2: I just bought an internal Hitachi Deskstar 640GB SATA disk. And I have a vacant orange SATA connector on my mobo. Can I add it together with the existing 2?
If it is a SATA-II Drive, you will probably have to force it into SATA-I Compatibility mode first (check the hard drive user manual for jumper settings or firmware switches).
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I used to have a Samsung DDR PC2700 512MB memory module and during the last week I added a Corsair DDR PC3200 1GB memory module, both on the green slots (not the purple slots). It caused my PC to freeze (keyboard and mouse not responsive) every now and then. So I pulled out the Samsung one and it has been working fine. Some said one has to use memory from the same manufacturer with the same size and same everything.
Exactly. Mixing different memory modules causes problems in many cases because the exact same settings will apply to both modules at the same time. What works for the one module may not work so well for the other one.
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Just in case you happen to know anything, please jot a line.
That is either related to the monitor itself or to the video card. It may also be related to a problem with the driver or improper screen resolution settings.
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Problem 5: Some of my USB ports do not work or only work intermittently. For example I plugged in my wireless adaptor into one of them and it sometimes would say “USB Device Not Recognized”.
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Flash EFI Version : 1.04
Flash Firmware Version : 4.00.18
Actual Connection Mode : Point to Point
Actual Data Rate : 4 Gbps
PortType (Topology) : NPort
Target Count : 1
PCI Bus Number : 6
PCI Device Number : 1
HBA Status : Online
Host Name : xxxxxxxxxxxxx
HBA Instance : 1
HBA Model : QLA2460
HBA Description : QLA2460 PCI-X 2.0 to 4Gb FC Single Channel
HBA ID : 1-QLA2460
HBA Alias :
HBA Port : 1
Port Alias :
Node Name : 20-00-00-E0-8B-92-FB-B6
Port Name : 21-00-00-E0-8B-92-FB-B6
Port ID : 61-0B-13
Serial Number : RFC0641M26491
Driver Version : 8.03.07.08.32.1-k
BIOS Version : 1.12
Driver Firmware Version : 5.03.13 (496)
Flash BIOS Version : 1.12
Flash FCode Version : 1.16
Flash EFI Version : 1.04
Flash Firmware Version : 4.00.18
Actual Connection Mode : Point to Point
Actual Data Rate : 4 Gbps
PortType (Topology) : NPort
Target Count : 1
PCI Bus Number : 10
PCI Device Number : 1
HBA Status : Online
Please advice how to upgrade firmware for this HBA Card
Edited by: dpprabhuindia on May 14, 2013 7:14 PM

Lenovo G500 - Intel Rapid Storage Technology" SATA disk on Controller 0, Port Unknown detected"

Hi Folks,
I have a lenovo G500 laptop which i had purchased during thanksgiving vaction in 2013. The machine was working fine till June 2014 when I stated getting Blue Screen of death with error messages "irql_not_less_or_equal" The OS was windows 8.1. This created lot of problem while booting , the machine would not boot at all.
Along with this message I started getting this message "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" SATA disk on Controller 0, Port Unknown detected". This message was coming very often.
I along with Lenovo support did all the things possible, like factory reset etc. Finally the machine was sent out to depot for repair in July 2014. They replaced the hard drive and sent the machine back.
I got the machine back on 22nd July and since last week ,ie, 14th July I have started to get the issues again. My IE and Firefox will suddenly hangon and the blue screen will appear again with same message "irql_not_less_or_equal" occasionally. Yesterday i started getting Sata disk message again.
I wanted to understand why this message is coming back along with blue screen of death. Is there some problem with Windows OS or hard disk seems to crash again?
Thanks in advance
shailesh

hi Shailesh,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
From this article, this is the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL possible cause:
"This bug check is issued if paged memory (or invalid memory) is accessed when the IRQL is too high.
The error that generates this bug check usually occurs after the installation of a faulty device driver, system service, or BIOS.
If you encounter bug check 0xA while upgrading to a later version of Windows, this error might be caused by a device driver, a system service, a virus scanner, or a backup tool that is incompatible with the new version."
From your description, It's possible that the HDD or the RAM is faulty but it's also possible that it's a software (driver) issue -- which is the hard drive (SATA) controller.
To verify, I would:
1. Run a diagnostic on the HDD (via Lenovo's Storage Quick Test or via HD Tune)
- http://www.hdtune.com/faq_1.html
2. Run a diagnostic on the RAM (via Memtest86+)
- RAM - Test with Memtest86+
3, Read the BSOD dump file to see what file caused the crash
- How to solve Windows 8 crashes in less than a minute
- If the file is associated with the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver (SATA Controller), uninstall the software from the Control Panel > Programs and let Windows install a generic Windows driver.
- Link to picture
If you get an error after running the diagnostic test, I recommend you contact Lenovo and report the issue.
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Problem High running Temperature Specification iMac 27 inch Mac OS X Includes Software Snow Leopard upgraded to Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.03 (1278) 251 GB Flash Drive 2 TB Sata disk Processor 3.4 Ghz Intel Core I7 Memory 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Graphics

Problem
High running Temperature
Specification
iMac 27 inch
Mac OS X Includes Software Snow Leopard upgraded to Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.03 (1278)
251 GB Flash Drive
2 TB Sata disk
Processor 3.4 Ghz Intel Core I7
Memory 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6970 2048 MB
Video: Software Final Cut Pro X 10.0.8
I use the imac mainly for editing Video which when doing so it has reached temperatures of near to 60° C which causes the program to become unstable and needs to be cooled down to operate correctly.
An Apple technician (by phone) advised me to download an smcfancontrol. This allows each individual fan to increase speed and also advises the current temperature at °C. The smcfancontrol has been downloaded but this has not resolved the problem. By increasing the speed of the fan more heat is generated and creates additional noise.
I have since taken the iMac to an Apple Store for examination as suggested by APPLECARE when the fans were found to be working correctly. An Apple Store technician carried out a test, but not whilst working under the pressure of FINAL CUT PRO when the iMac generates a high temperature.
The Temperature Specification for this model is
Operating Temperature 20 °c to 35°C
Storage Temp.47°c
Clearly the temperature my iMac is operating at is excessive and could cause the computer to break down prematurely. Has anyone experienced this problem.
Frank Howell

When was the last time you cleaned/vacuumed out all of your iMac's vents, slots and ports.
You need to do this with the iMac powered down, disconnected from power and everything disconnected.
Lay your iMac, screen down, on a soft surface, like a heavy towel. Use a small electronics vac, or portable or full size vac with hose and a crevice tool attachment and carefully and slowly vacuum every vent, slot and port on your iMac.
Then reconnect everything up, power up and download and install iStat Pro. Start working, then report the temps of your iMac after this has been done.
When using SMCFan Control, it is important not to run the fans at too high an RPM. This doesn't generate heat on its own, but will suck in more dust, lint and dirt into your iMac, and that will be the cause of additonal increases in heat.
I run my fans in the range of 1400-1600 RPMs. You can go as high as 1800 RPMs but it is important to keep the RPM range below either 1800 or below 2000 RPMs.
I, also, run a very small desktop fan pointed toward the upper back of my iMac to keep temps down even further.

Boot MEGA 180 from PCI Sata card

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Yep - I disabled the PATA ports.
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