HDD Drive stuck on PIO Mode (KT3 Ultra2)

No matter what I try I cannot get the hard drive on my primary IDE to operate in DMA mode. It is set to use DMA mode if available but it carries on using PIO Mode. Anyone got any ideas?

Yeah I have tried that, and tried switching cables. IBM Drive fitness test found no problems. I have also noticed that on the bootup screen when it detects the drive it does actually detect it correctly and it says Ultra DMA Mode 5. I have no idea why windows makes it operate in PIO mode.

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SATA stuck in PIO : ms-7025

Hi there ...
ms-7025, newest BIOS, no raid, only 1 sata drive. DMA enabled for the drive in the BIOS.
The SATA drive is not the boot drive.
There are 3 PATA drives and 1 PATA DVD-RW installed.
The SATA drive is an extended NTFS partition. It's a 500GB Seagate drive.
Problems:
1) It takes 5 minutes to boot when the sata drive is enabled.
2) It's stuck in PIO mode no matter what I do.
See image:
http://sightsea.com/renders/pio.jpg I've tried 3 different data cables. No change.
3) It shows the same way as a thumb drive does over in the tray "Safely Remove Hardware..."
Any ideas are welcome.
Thank you!
Steve

Quote from: Bas on 19-March-09, 03:21:29
Did you put a fresh Windows on the machine?
Quote from: Bas on 19-March-09, 03:21:29
Did you put a fresh Windows on the machine?
Considering that it's acting the same way on 2 different msi machines and 1 machine is a triple boot of XP,
and all 4 of those OS installs have never had any problems, and that the drive runs perfectly on my friends old Abit ...
... no ... it's not worth reinstalling XP to me. I'm convinced it's an incompatibility issue of some kind or an msi drivers issue.
The machine that is the triple boot, all 3 Windows installs on that machine are very fresh ... probably only 2 months old
and are very clean and have no other issues, so testing it on 3 windows installs on the same machine is enough for me.

P35 Neo2 stuck at PIO in XP

Build info :
P35 Neo2-NR
Board ver - 1.1
Bios 1.1
Windows XP Home
Philips DVDRW (IDE)
Maxtor 320GB (SATA)
Antec 500W
The DVD writer is stuck at PIO mode no matter what I do. The Marvell is using the Standard MS IDE driver. I can't find any other drivers for the marvell ide on the included CD or MSI website. I'm guessing that there is no driver included from reading on this forum. This driver will go into DMA mode in VISTA so I'm thinking it's a matter of driver. Can anyone point me to the right drivers or maybe the right firmware.

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 22-January-08, 02:15:33
Does the BIOS pickup the optical storage in UDMA mode?
I'm not sure how I would check this in the bios. The DVDRW shows up in the boot priority and that's all I see.
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 22-January-08, 02:15:33
What IDE cable you are using? (40/80 wires cable?)
I'm using a 80 wire cable.
Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 22-January-08, 02:15:33
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1261
There's no IDE driver for this model.

KT3 Ultra2 stuck on Initializing Hard Drive Controller

AMD Athlon 2200
KT3 Ultra 2
Antec 400W
Maxtor 60G
512
I put the machine together and it does not display anything. On the D Bracket it shows 2 red 2 green "Initializing Hard Drive Controller". I have depopulated motherboard all the way down to just one stick of Ram, One hard drive the bare necessities. It still doesnt work. Swapped hard drives, video cards and Ram. Measured voltages for power supply. Rebuilt it twice from ground up. Reset CMOS. Still same thing. It shows the 2 red 2 green as soon as I turn it on, doesnt seem to be running any POST tests.
Any suggestions? :O

I am a 17 year old high school student who has put together a total of 12 machines. There are a couple of issues I would like to address:
1. Every PC I built was based around SOCKETA platform and EVERY board was an MSI.
2. I just finished building two machines around the KT3 Ultra-2 board (I am typing on now), have given the one to my uncle and aunt. NO PROBLEMS. XP2100 512 PC2700 Two 30Gb Maxtors RAID0 Saphire Radeon 9000 Pro 128mb DDR.... No trouble. They went together in about 45 minutes... I have hauled mine (I kept one for me - yippee!!) up to my cabin and back again... never ever failing...
3. I understand everyone's frustration in this issue, for it is DEFINETELY an issue, BUT, MSI I can guarantee is working out the solution and they stand behind their products. I was having trouble with an Nforce based board. Sent it back, got a new one in 4 days... That has been my only trouble MY ONLY TROUBLE. And on top of it, I later learn that it was my fault. I was the one who grounded mysterious pin 9 on the USB header... It was how the case came set up---you know with the front USB ports...
4. I also know that MSI's boards are the most stable I've seen . I've helped other students with home built PC's who use Gigabyte, ASUS, Abit, ECS... and I've seen trouble with all of them.
5. Stick with it. Don't give up. Get your board and if need be your proc. replaced, and move on. This board is worth it. It is so nice. I have had my machine on for two weeks straight. Running XP PRO. Nothing but solid.
6. WHY DOES EVERYONE BLAME EVERYTHING ON THE PSU??? I have used cheap-o 300W generic supplies (granted, I have never owned or set-up a GF4) but plain and simply put, I have not had any stable problems with MSI boards and cheap power supplies. MSI does an excellent job with their power stabilization portion of the board, and design their boards around imperfect voltages. Nothing is perfect. "30 amps", that's rediculous.
Anyway, I hope that I have changed a few minds about MSI and their boards, and that you will take the time to get your problem resolved. If you do, you will do just like me, and return to MSI for all of your computing mainboard needs.
-AlwayzAMD
MAXTOP case - ALLIED 350w ATX
MSI KT3 Ultra2
512Mb PC2700 DDR Ram (Samsung)
AMD Athlon XP 2100
Saphire ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 128mb
Thermaltake VOLCANO 7 HSF
2 92mm Case fans
2 30Gb Maxtors RAID0 (striping - sweeeet!)
Lite-on 16x DVDROM / 48x CDROM
Lite-on 48x24x48 Burner
Idle Temp: 38C
Load Temp: 44C
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Problem: KT3 Ultra2 and DMA mode

hi there,
everytime i wanna make an image of a CD with nero or some other CDR progs, it takes years to finish it. i got only a tranfer rate of 800kb/s - 1.400 kb/s (btw: there is no copy protection...this happens even on normal data cds)
i got my HDD and CDRom on IDE1 and my CDR and DVDRom on IDE2
in winXP it tells me:
IDE1:
0: UltraDMA Mode 5 (Hdd)
1: PIO
IDE2:
0: UDAM Mode 2 (DVDRom)
1: MultiwordDMA Mode 2 (burner)
CD Rom Teac CD-540E Firmware 3.0A (IDE1 Slave)
Burner Benq CD-R/RW 24x10x40 Firmware P.QJ (IDE2 Slave)
DVD Rom Pioneer 104 Firmware 2.06 (IDE2 Master)
i tried to reinstall the latest via drivers but nothing worked.
sometimes winXp tells me
that IDE1 device 0 is running in udma 2 mode...but than on the next reboot it's again on pio mode.
i checked the ide cables and changed the CDrom with the CDr and it show me UDMA2 now...but it didn't speed up the transfer rate...it still runs only with ~1.400kb/s :(
maybe the ide cables are corrupt???
apart from that i tried the latest bios drivers for my Mainboard but they didn't seem to solve that prob.
are there any options to check and enable the DMA mode on both IDE channels?
hope someone can help me
TIA
System:
AMD XP 1800+
MSI KT3 Ulrta 2 latest bios (5.6)
512 DDR Ram
Teac CD-540E
Benq CD-R/RW 24x10x40
Pioneer 104 DVD Rom
latest via 4in1 driver
WinXP

Hi,
Try switching your CDRW Drive to Master setting. Sometimes it doesnt like slave.

KT3 Ultra2 and HDD 137Gb

I wonder if someone can help me to be clear about the following please.
I understand that there are two inter-related areas with regard to drives that exceed this capacity barrier. One is the need for 48bit LBA within windows to have partitions greater than this size and the other is to have a BIOS that is itself able to address a drive of that size.
1. As regards the Bios issue, according to this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=70205 the KT3 Ultra2 can use HDD >137Gb and would have no probs with a 200 or 250Gb HDD. Is this correct?
2. As regards o/s issues, I use XP SP1 (intergrated disk). It was my understanding that XP with SP1 was all that was required to run a HDD >137Gb this as per the following threads.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=71126&hilight=hard+disk
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html#trad
However, the info below from MS suggests that one also needs the Atapi.sys version to be 5.1.2600.1135 or later.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013
So in my case I have XP SP1 with Atapi.sys version 5.1.2600.1106, therefore I would need to apply Microsoft Knowledge Base article 331958 , referred to in kb303013 above.
This would in the first instance update my Atapi.sys version to the required one ie v1135 (or later). Am I correct in my understanding please?
I have not upgraded my HDD yet but would like to be clear on these issues before taking the plunge.

Thanks for your reply Wonkanoby. I have read several of your posts that say exactly the same thing ie XP with SP1 integrated is fine.
Any thoughts on what the MS articles are all about. Sorry to ask, but I just get nervy before upgrades.
Plus I wonder if any other KT3 Ultra2 users can let me know if 250Gb (or any HDD of 200Gb or higher) works on their system.
Many thanks

Help please-USB 2.0 drive only working at USB 1.1 speed (KT3 Ultra2-C, MS-6593)

Help! I have an MSI KT3 Ultra2-C, part no. MS-6593, running WinXP Home. According to the manual it has six USB 2.0 ports, but I can't get a USB 2.0 external hard drive working at USB 2.0 speed. The drive is currently connected using the "D-Bracket 2" which the manual says supports USB 2.0. In my BIOS all USB ports are set to enabled.
The drive was detected by Windows XP, but when it installed I got a warning that it is not connected to a full speed USB port. The drive is only transferring about one megabyte per second of data, which I'm guessing means it's running at USB 1.1. When I use Sisoft Sandra to look at my port information, it lists "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller" and then three listings for "Via Rev 5 or Later USB Universal Host Controller". All of my USB devices including the new drive are shown mapped to the "Via Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller" so the "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Controller" shows no devices connected. Even though all my USB ports are physically filled, they are all mapping to the "Via Rev 5" controller, which I think is a USB 1.1 controller. This makes me think if I can somehow force these devices onto the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller, they will work at USB 2.0 speed? How can I make devices use the right USB 2.0 controller instead of the Via USB 1.1 Controller?
Windows Device Manager looks kind of strange, under USB Controllers it first lists the "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller". Then it lists my USB cable modem, USB printer, and USB hard drive on the following lines. Then it has several lines that say "USB Root Hub". Then it has three lines that say "Via Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller".
Please help me get this external hard drive running at full speed...I'm stumped and thought this USB stuff was all plug and play, and expected my USB 2.0 drive to work on this USB 2.0 motherboard. Thanks for any responses.

Go Here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=357&kind=1 and download the Drivers and the Update. Then go into your device manager and click on the host controller of the USB devices and update driver, then select the drivers that you downloaded and restart your computer. once restarted go back into device manager and make sure that what was once "standard host" controller now shows "Enhanced USB 2.0" controller. Hope that helps.

Help...KT3-Ultra2 and Hard drive problems

Hello, I'm new to this board. I've been having an issue with hard drives lately. I have an MSI KT3-ultra2 with the latest BIOS version installed. I recently had a hard drive get completely erased and the actually size of it (10gig) had changed to 1 gig. Just prior to that I got a corrupted file error in a game I was playing. (The 10gig HD was a storage drive). My main drive (Maxtor 40gig) started to clunk and whine and then eventually the computer would lock up hard. I assumed the HD was going bad and was the cause of all the corruption. So I went and bought a new WD Hard drive 80 gig. Had it for about 2 weeks now and now all of a sudden I'm getting a similar clicking noise and a whine and then it locks up on me. I can only run my computer for about 10 to 20 minutes before it locks up. I have changed IDE cables to see if they were the cause and that didn't solve the problem. I've also disconnected all my CD drives and still nothing. I am going to take a guess and assume there is something wrong with my MB. IDE controler perhaps? Can anyone help me with this or confirm my thoughts on the situation? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

May be your powersupply is faulty. Or the memory? try to get it checked

HDD of Tecra A8-185 works just in PIO mode and DVD in UDMA2

So there is a problem. Tonight I need to have this laptop working propely :|
How to change HDD to UDMA mode? I can't do this in Windows XP...
BIOS update was made.

Hi,
I have the same problem. tecra A8, fujitsu 80G disk, avg. read 1.4 MB/s (!!), cpu utilization 52% (!!!). Main ide controller is set to use udma where available, but current setting is PIO mode. I have no idea what to do to fix/change it. Right now computer works very very slow.
Have you found a solution to your problem??
(ah, yes - bios upgrade was made)

Slow PIO mode IDE drives?

Read following in a review at Toms Hardware about the Mega PC 651;
"Without a software update, all the IDE devices run in Windows XP only in slow PIO mode. The fast ultra-DMA mode will be available after the update".
Which update do I need or it is possible to see which mode the are running in?
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20030722/mini-pcs-08.html

Use "PCI Latency" patch for VIA chipsets
This is a Windows driver that will patch motherboards that have VIA chipsets. It is intended to solve many problems, including these:
Files copied from one IDE hard disk drive to another are corrupted
The computer stops ("freezes", "hangs", "locks up") when playing sounds, especially to a Creative SoundBlaster LIVE! card
The computer stops when copying to or from an IDE DVD, CDROM, or CDRW drive
Sounds played by a Creative Labs sound card are distorted
Get it here: http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/
Mário Silva

Restored ipod, it is stuck in recovery mode and the driver cant be found

My ipod touch screen was nonresponsive, so I retored it. It is now stuck in recovery mode. When I connect it to my computer it says it is unable to find driver software. How can I resolve this issue. Is there a site I can go to for Apple to download the missing driver, if so how do I do this?

Remove an reinstall iTunes, this should bring your needed drivers back:
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7

How can I flash the bios of a MSI kt3 ultra2 without a floppy drive?

How can I flash the bios of a MSI kt3 ultra2 without a floppy drive?
I used the msi live update software to download the bios update programe...when I run it gives 2 options dos and windows
but the windows option is greyed out and the dos option requires a floppy drive (mine does not work)..what can I do?

I can tell you what you need to do but unfortunately - not how to do all of it.
You will need to make a bootable CD with the neccessary files on it .- Somewhere on the www you should be able to find the instructions. I have flashed from a CD with no problems on a K7S5A board . The CD image was available as a complete download and just needed burning to the CD so - apart from the obvious ( BIOS file , BIOS installer ,command.com,msdos .sys, io.sys)I don't know what else might be needed on the CD- unfortunately the disk I made is long gone.
I'm sure a search will find what you need to know.
Once you have the disk -just insert in CD Drive - restart and follow the instructions.
Dave

KT3 Ultra2 R and VGA problem

I wonder if I could please get some ideas as regard this rather odd problem which I am encountering. This problem occurs when while the pc is 'shut down' if I disconnect the power supply ie switch off power by way of the switch on the psu. When I switch power back on again and boot, the pc begins its booting sequence it begins to launch windows and then it stops and a little red square (with a bit of green) appears in the top left hand corner of the screen. Now this problem does not occur if I shut down the pc normally (but don't cut off power supply). I have several partitions on my HDD and they are all affect at the same time. The end result is that I boot into safe mode I look at the refresh rate which is set to 'unknown' change it to 'adapter default' then reboot but upon reboot I get windows displaying screen at 640x480 with standard vga colours. I check in device manager under 'display adapters' what driver it's showing and it's the driver which I last loaded ie the correct one. I cannot change screen resolution , bit colour and the refresh rate only allows for 2 options, either 'optimal' or 'adapter default'. In order to get back to where I was, I have to remove and re-install my VGA driver and then everyting is back to normal (until I switch off power again at psu then back to square one). I have spoken to the manufacturers of the graphics card and they say that if the card works ok when I shut down pc normally and restart then cannot be the card. I described my problem in greater detail to MSI support and they said either VGA or O/S.
In essence I wanted to isolate the problem to, is it 'hardware or 'software'.
I would be grateful if anyone can shed some light.
KT3 Ultra2 R (5.5 not the right one but the cpu clock speed is correct at post)
XP 2600+ 333 T'Bred
Crucial 512 Mb PC 2700
Leadted Ti 4400 128 MB Vivo (det 44.03)
Creative Audigy
Enermax 432W
Windows 98SE (via 4-1 v 4.34)
Seagate 60Gb 7200rpm I am running the HDDs as independant drives on the
Seagate 40Gb 7200rpm Raid controller ie one on IDE3 & one on IDE4

Odd as it might seem I have to follow the proceedure listed below if I want to switch off power altogether to work on my pc.
1. Cold boot system with 166FSB and let O/S install
2. Reboot enter Bios and reduce FSB to 133 make sure to set memory speed as HCLK and let O/S load
3. Shut down and switch off power supply
4. Reconnect power and boot system. Enter bios set FSB to 166 (the mem speed will be HCLK)
5. System continues to boot and loads O/S
From that point on, cold boots (without cutting power supply) are not problematic as once the 166FSB is 'registered' everything works ok (at every cold boot). So anytime I wanna work on my pc I guess I have to do the above 5 steps. They seem to work but need to try it out a few more times before I am confident that this process will always work.
I am sure you agree that this is one strange mother of a problem.
I suppose the only 2 things left are a total O/S reload or trying another 333 cpu because I have tried everything else. I guess I will have to live with it.
I have also cut some additional front vents so that front fan draws more air in and it appears to have dropped my idle Temp to 40.5C on CPU (running at clock 2083Mhz).
As as said earlier in my post my system ran perfectly with XP2000+ and 512Mb PC2100. I merely upgraded the CPU to XP2600 and mem to PC2700 and it has thrown up this very odd problem. And to boot (if you will pardon the expression) when I first installed new CPU and memory it booted first time at 166FSB. osnavi, in case you upgrade your CPU to a XP2600 and you get this weird problem at least you can come back to to this thread and find this workaround.
I wonder if anyone can fathom out why this is happening.......If not as I said I can live with it.
wonkanoby, I will try the link to the memtest. That is the only thing I have not tested so will give that a try.
-MSI KT3 Ultra2 Raid
-AMD XP2600+ 333 T'Bred
-Evercool CUD 725 Cooler
-2x256 Mb PC 2700 Crucial
-Leadtek Ti4400 128Mb Vivo
-Creative Audigy
-LiteOn DVD 16x
-Liteon CDR48125w
-HP CDR 9710i
-Seagate Barracuda IV 60Gb (I am running the HDDs on the raid
-Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB controller as 2 independant drives)
-2 Case fan
-Enermax 431W

KT3 Ultra2 Probs.

MB: KT3 Ultra2 w/o raid or bluetooth
RAM: Crucial PC2100
CPU: ATHLON XP 1700+
GPU: GeForce4 Ti 4200
HDD: WD Barracuda ATA66 IV 40 GB
PSU: 200W combined
I just bought this board yesterday and I took it back because it was having probs, but when I recieved my replacement I found that it was doing the same thing. The board doesn't even post because the D-Bracket is telling me that it doesn't detect my hard drive. I've tried other drives, other ram, other cables, other PSU's, other CPU's, other GPUs, cleared the CMOS, taken the battery out for 3 hours, and still no post and the bracket has two red lights on 1/2. And everything works perfectly on my older PIII 600 board, so what's the problem?

same problem happens to my board!!!!! YES!!
ok do this to solve it:
1) unplug all ide / floppy cables
2) remove PCI / AGP cards
3) remove ram
4) clear cmos
5) remove cmos battery
6) remove PSU connection
7) wait for like, 5 min
8) reconnect / install ALL
9) turn on the thing
10) PRESTO
Ok guys, ive seen this behavior on other 3 KT3 Ultra-2, mods, please bring this up to MSI guys, its only a minor annoyance, cause after that board works flawlesly
HK8

USB 2.0 Issues with KT3 Ultra2 6380E

Windows XP SP1
Bios: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
Hi I was wondering if someone could help me?
My machine has six USB ports. (1&2) Two ports are
installed on the motherboard, and my users guide says
they are legacy ports. (3&4) two ports are installed
on the d-bracket 2 connector: JLED, connected to
JUSB2, these are what I believe to be my only 2 USB2.0
ports. (4&6)Finally 2 ports are connected via JUSB3 to
the front panel of my Antec case. I think the front
panel of my case has 1.1 connectors so it is
essentially a 1.1 port.
I am having some difficulty getting my USB ports to
function properly with a USB 2.0 Buslink hard drive
UII-40 72E. I suspect there is some IRQ conflict.
Trying to alleviate this I disabled all the device
drivers I suspected might cause this in the device
manager in safe mode. I then removed from the device
manager all the USB (2.0 and 1.1) root hubs, and after
that their host controllers. I then booted to VGA
mode (thinking this should disable the video card
drivers??) and exported this IRQ info from my sys info
after the USB host controllers are reinstalled:
Resource   Device   Status
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 11   RADEON 8500 SERIES    OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller   OK
IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2
Keyboard   OK
IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
Next I attempt to (already plugged into D-Bracket
port) power on my buslink USB 2.0 hard drive. As soon
as I do the machine immediately goes to a blue screen.
No messages given but numbers are shown. I have screen
shots taking with my digital camera. I then returned
to safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before,
and boot to VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been
restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
this time plugged into the onboard legacy ports. I
can I get another blue screen this time including a
message "IRQL not less or equal", again I have taken
screen shots with my digital camera.I then returned to
safe mode, remove the USB drivers as I did before, and
boot to VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been
restored I attempt to power on the bus link hard drive
this time plugged into the front panel USB ports
(4&6). When I power it on Windows XP warns me that I
have a high-speed USB device plugged into a non
high-speed USB hub. But I receive no error messages.
However I do not exceed the drive through "my
computer". I go through the add hardware wizard to try
and at the drive manually and it says the device is
working properly. Still I do not see the drive.
Finally I tried installing a Buslink USB 2.0 PCI card
after the above steps. I then returned to safe mode,
remove the USB drivers as I did before, and boot to
VGA mode. Once the USB drivers have been restored I
attempt to power on the bus link hard drive this time
plugged into the PCI card. The drive seems to be
recognized automatically by Windows XP however my
system slows to a crawl trying to access any hard
drive. When I try and access the USB 2.0 hard drive I
get a message something to the effect of "(the drive
letter) not being recognizable".
Any ideas on what could be causing this? The same
Buslink hard drive works great at work on my Windows
2000 machine plugged into the same PCI card using the same USB cable and power supply. Would any other information be useful?
Thanks!
andrew
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I first tried installing the VIA4in1 and VIA USB2.0 patch. Then I tried the D-bracket after refreshing the usb drivers (I did not disable all other devices like in my original post, should I have?). Same result, blue screen crash at power on.
Next I disable USB ports in BIOS and install USB PCI card. Then power on the USB HD plugged into card. Same result. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable."
Next I remove the USB card. I enter BIOS and set to "2" ports. Presumably this turns on the USB1.1 ports on the mobo. I return to windows xp. It now seems to install the drivers, but just as it finishes I get a "a problem has been encountered instaaling this device (it has done this before but after finishing I get the blue screen most times). Next I goto the device manager, and in my USB devices I have a USB mass storage device w/ a yellow flag. I goto properties and see a:
"the device cannot start (code 10)" device status. I click "troubleshoot" and voila... blue screen.
Finally I reboot, and set 4 ports in BIOS, making my JUSB3 FRONT PANEL usb1.1? ports active. Interestingly these respond like the PCI card. Computer slow accessing local drives. When I try to access the USB drive I get a "E:/ is not accessible; the file or data is corrupted or unreadable." As soon as I power off the USB HD things are normal...
I will take this USB HD to work tomorrow just to ensure its integrity. Any other ideas? What kinds of BIOS settings might F up USB?
Andrew

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