From: "Fabien Piuzzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I highly suspect the second one to be the source of all my troubles (as it > has proven multiple time in the past to be unrealiable) but the system > won't recognize the first one at boot time if the second one is not there > (not a jumper mis-configuration, I checked).
You might want to check again. Some mobos don't like a single drive set to Master (if you disconnect or remove the Slave drive); you need to move its jumper to the neutral position. ~mark