Hello,

I have a p31-ds3l mobo by gigabyte and i was wondering if anyone knows how i can stop the bios from adding external hard drives to my boot order. I go in and set it and when i unplug it and replug it in and reboot its added back to my boot order.

Flaw in board maybe?

Hey clay,

It actually makes perfect sense. Think of it like this, what happens when Windows is up and running and you disconnect the drive from the PC? The HDD is removed from Device Manager. When you plug it back in again, Windows detects a newly connected device, and installs the drivers for it. BIOS is no different. Once the hardware is disconnected, it is no longer part of the PC. The BIOS was designed to work this way, but they may not have accounted for some people who don't want it added to their boot priority. Does it stop you from booting?

as soon as i read this i thought of something but after reading your post madmonkey i am expecting to be wrong :P

The first thing that popped into my head is the BIOS battery might be flat, thus not saving any changes....

That could be a good possibilty.. Better that than a bad ROM module..

Marked as Answered.