SATA is driving me Nucking Futs

DriveEuro · Mar 6, 2003, 08:27 AM

OK. So I have my NF7-S 1.2. I have two 40GB WD 7200rpm drives. I take out the jumpers. Create the array. Install Windows. Everything runs fine. Try to install SP1. Halfway through the install I get a blue screen with white lettering (not the BSOD) telling me that Windows had to shut down to prevent corruption. Every ****ing time I tried to install SP1 it did that.... I completely formatted both drives before making them an array. Once I made them an array I formatted them NTFS as one drive. Why the **** am I having problems once the drives are used a lot. It seems that I only get this problem when writing/reading from the drive very fast. I reformatted twice to see if that would fix it, nah, it doesn't.

What the hell is my problem? Why won't this work? To my knowledge both drives are fine. BAH!!!!!

Calinerti · Mar 6, 2003, 08:46 AM

did you try installing a version of XP with SP1 slipstreamed into it?

RIV@NVX · Mar 6, 2003, 09:27 AM

Wait for SP2. This is maybe a bug in SP1.
Who knows.

Something might help: Have you installed drivers for S-ATA before SP1?

Matth · Mar 6, 2003, 03:17 PM

At Abit, the drivers are 2.00

But there are 2.03 at Nvidia - even though ABIT link to the 2.00 at Nvidia
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_udp_winxp_2.03

No mention specifically of the SATA driver though?

DriveEuro · Mar 6, 2003, 03:58 PM

I installed the nForce2 drivers before everything.

shuki · Mar 6, 2003, 08:00 PM

this post has just made me more happy that I only came back with one 120G hdd and decided to skip RAID altogether

DriveEuro · Mar 7, 2003, 12:04 AM

No SHUKI. The problem is between Abit and SIlicone Image. The drives will run find but then become unstable and be cause corruption. The problem seems most prominent with Wester Digital drives. I've done a lot of poking around in the Abit forums to find that MANY people have this problem. I haven't seen anyone having problems with drives other than WD.

Mar 6, 2003, 08:27 AM	#1
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	SATA is driving me Nucking Futs OK. So I have my NF7-S 1.2. I have two 40GB WD 7200rpm drives. I take out the jumpers. Create the array. Install Windows. Everything runs fine. Try to install SP1. Halfway through the install I get a blue screen with white lettering (not the BSOD) telling me that Windows had to shut down to prevent corruption. Every **ing time I tried to install SP1 it did that.... I completely formatted both drives before making them an array. Once I made them an array I formatted them NTFS as one drive. Why the ** am I having problems once the drives are used a lot. It seems that I only get this problem when writing/reading from the drive very fast. I reformatted twice to see if that would fix it, nah, it doesn't. What the hell is my problem? Why won't this work? To my knowledge both drives are fine. BAH!!!!! __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 6, 2003, 09:27 AM	#3
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Wait for SP2. This is maybe a bug in SP1. Who knows. Something might help: Have you installed drivers for S-ATA before SP1? __________________ -- Vedran

Mar 6, 2003, 03:58 PM	Thread Starter #5
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I installed the nForce2 drivers before everything. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 7, 2003, 12:04 AM	Thread Starter #7
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	No SHUKI. The problem is between Abit and SIlicone Image. The drives will run find but then become unstable and be cause corruption. The problem seems most prominent with Wester Digital drives. I've done a lot of poking around in the Abit forums to find that MANY people have this problem. I haven't seen anyone having problems with drives other than WD. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Mar 6, 2003, 08:46 AM	#2
Calinerti DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Elysium Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	did you try installing a version of XP with SP1 slipstreamed into it?

Mar 6, 2003, 03:17 PM	#4
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	At Abit, the drivers are 2.00 But there are 2.03 at Nvidia - even though ABIT link to the 2.00 at Nvidia http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_udp_winxp_2.03 No mention specifically of the SATA driver though?

Mar 6, 2003, 08:00 PM	#6
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	this post has just made me more happy that I only came back with one 120G hdd and decided to skip RAID altogether