Big SATA/Maxtor Problem [Hanging] - Please Help
System Specs:
P4 2.40 @ 2.40
512 mb DDR (Transcend - 2x 256) @ 333 & SPD
MSI 865PE Neo2 [Bios 1.7]
Leadtek GF4 Ti 4200
Aopen PSU [250W]
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 120 gb SATA 8mb cache
IDE LG CD-R/RW
WinXP + Sp1 + All updates + Intel INF etc etc [Fresh install]
Problem:
The HD light will stay on and the system will hang randomly.
I've had nothing but trouble with this system. I originally thought that the Maxtor was faulty, so I got that replaced. Unfortunately, I still have the same problem.
My current onboard IDE config is as follows:
On chip ATA(s) - Native Mode
ATA configuration - S-ATA only
P-ATA keep enabled - Yes
P-ATA Channel Selection - Both
S-ATA Ports definition - P0-1ST / P1-2nd
I have, however, tried all possible combinations. Also enabled in BIOS is "APIC ACPI SCI IRQ", which seemed to decrease the frequency of hangs once enabled. The drive will hang the system anywhere - after saving settings and exiting BIOS, during POST, on boot or in Windows.
Is anyone else having this problem and is there a way to remedy it? If not, is this problem DRIVE or BOARD specific? Will there be a BIOS update to fix this issue?
The easiest way to reproduce this is to run 3DMark 2001 SE once in Windows - it doesn't take long for the drive to hang the system.
Any and all help is much appreciated!
Thanks
First off, thanks for all the replies.
From a personal point of view I'd like to say that I do not think the PSU is to blame. Having had the drive replaced once I am now sending the new one back to the distributor again. The distributor says that they will again test the drive on another 865 chipset, which should ultimately determine whether or not there is a compatibility issue between Maxtor & the MSI board and/or ICH5. I'm getting it swapped for the Seagate 120gb SATA model which will hopefully solve my problems, but I'll keep you posted!
Reilly875:
Quote: "AND ALSO HAS A PSU THAT HE STATES THAT IS PUTTING OUT 11.5AMPS ON THE +12V RAIL"
That is incorrect. I'm sorry that I did not clarify, but what I was referring to was voltage and NOT amps. I had posted the amps for each rail a little earlier, the +12V being rated 13amps.
NovJoe:
Quote: "Maybe there really is a need to have a workaround method for the SATA drives to be compatible with the mobo and if there really are having more cases between 865/875 mobos and Maxtor, I'll forward it to the MSI engineers for help."
I think there really is a need, , but hopefully we'll know soon.
(In fact, this is probably costing Maxtor quite a bit, seeing as distributors are forced to replace drives which may be perfectly OK... My distributor is using the "Powermax" utility from Maxtor to test for faulty drives, and both the drives I've tried now failed each and every test when I ran Powermax.)
daffy the red:
I have played with various BIOS settings - without any results.
My CPU is not HT enabled and it is 533 FSB. Also, my board doesn't have the integrated promise chipset, so no I did not enable that nor did I install any drivers for that. I did, however, install the Intel chipset drivers. Unfortunately it's all irrelevant anyway since the drive locks up out of Windows as well .
Thanks again!
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