Q: Why my Maxtor SATA-II drive cannot be detected at bootup? ( NV8, AN8, AN8-V, AN8-3rd Eye, AN8 Ultra, AN8 SLI, Fatal1ty AN8, Fatal1ty AN8 SLI, KN8, KN8 Ultra, KN8 Ultra-OTES, KN8 SLI, NI8 SLI, NI8-SLI GR, NF8, NF8-V, NF8-V2 )
A:

This issue has been identified with nVidia nForce4 controller and the Maxtor SATA-II drives. If you are experiencing this problem with your Maxtor SATA-II drive, please contact Maxtor company directly.
(Please make sure that your SATA cable and power are connected with the motherboard)

The drives affected are those listed in the following table:

Model and firmware

Drive label

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