K7N2 Delta2-LSR Single SATA hard drive set up

OK, I've set up system described in signature, and followed advice posted in this forum.
Enabled RAID, set up single drive raid array, did the F6 thing and installed windows without any problem.
I intended to disable raid in BIOS but when I do the system does not find a hard drive to boot from.
The only two hard drive boot priority options are array (when enabled) and add-on cards (none)
At some stage during the set up I did see my sata h/d in BIOS as well as the raid array. It may have been on IDE Channel3 Master but not there now.
I'm now thinking of deleting my array using RAID BIOS-F10 but I am concerned not having much experience of raid.
In particular, will BIOS see my hard drive as it only sees an array now.
Is my only option?
I'd hate to re-install windows and my applications again. If it come to that, I could live with current situation.
Thanks Dave

just noticed, your sig lists "K7N2 Delta2-LSR" while your topic title lists "K7N2 Delta-LSR". there is a fundametal difference, hence the confusion
the old Delta's had the Promise controller for SATA / RAID, as nvidia chipset at time had no native support. now newer nvidia nforce chipsets do. what i described above is correct for Delta, but what you have discovered is correct for Delta2: for single drive, disable IDE RAID, and SATA drive is listed as an IDE device

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K7N2 Delta2-LSR - SATA disk does not boot with IDE disk connected

I have K7N2 Delta2-LSR with SATA 160GB drive and CD burner connected as primary master.
When I'm connecting any IDE hard disk, the mainboard detects it corectly, but I'm not able to boot from SATA drive.
I tried to turn off IDE drive detection in BIOS (set [None] instead of [Auto]) and SATA boots!!! And Windows XP and Linux can see both disks!!!
Is it a BUG in BIOS?
Maciek
K7N2 Delta2-LSR (with latest BIOS Sep 18, 2004)
Athlon XP (Barton) 2800+
SATA drive WD 160GB
GF4MX440
FSB333, DDRAM 512MB/400
PSU 350W, works stable with 2 HDs and CDRW.

Strange my board boots fine from SATA with a PATA HDD connected. XP and Linux will see any disks connected to the motherboard and powered up in your system even if disabled in the bios apart from those connected to a separate raid controller which should be enabled. Both these operating systems address the hardware directly once their drivers are loaded so will ignore the settings you have in the bios. This behaviour is normal and not a bios bug. The main boot disk has of course to be enabled in the bios for the boot loader to operate. The boot priority with the new south bridge is PATA first followed by SATA and XP uses this too. To ensure that XP boots from SATA properly the PATA drive must be disconnected during the install process. You also need to ensure that the SATA disk is the only active partition connected to your system. If the PATA disk has been used to boot an operating system previously there may still be an active partition present on the drive. If that is the case removing the active partition should cure the problem but if the present arrangement works for you then fine.

RAID1 issues on K7N2 Delta2-LSR

I originally started down the road of trying to setup a RAID0 with two new WD Raptors and discovered one was bad - WinXP Pro install fails on SATA RAID K7N2 Delta2-LSR
So I continued on with installing WinXP on the remaining Raptor and figured I could setup a RAID1 array when the replacement Raptor arrived. Today, I popped in the replacement Raptor on the SATA2 controller, booted into WinXP, and confirmed the new drive was recognized. I could see the new drive in Disk Management and all looked good.
I rebooted into bios, enabled the RAID Config on SATA Primary and SATA Secondary, saved and exited. Upon reboot, I was able to go into the nVidia RAID setup (F10).
The NVIDIA RAID UTILITY - Array List showed one Mirror 74G array with a Status of Degraded. I hit [Enter] Detail and [A] Add to add the new hard drive to the array. Then I selected [R] Rebuild which didn't seem to do anything (no HD activity), but the Array List reported the array Status as Healthy. I never went through the process of defining a new array where drives are added from the left to the right side of the Define New Array screen since the Array List initially showed one Mirror 74G array, which is what I wanted.
I exited [Ctrl-X] Exit and the array failed to boot. The NVIDIA BIOS section "Detecting array..." failed to detect the array. Rebooting confirmed the same.
To make matters worse, I couldn't get into Bios (Delete) or the NVIDIA Setup (F10). I had to unplug the second Raptor to get into the Bios, upon which I disabled the RAID Config. My original Raptor remains intact with WinXP.
I would have figured that a mirrored array could be created on the fly from a master hard drive - is this not the case?
How do I go about fixing this problem since now I cannot connect the second Raptor and get into Bios/NVIDIA Setup? Does the BIOS need to be reset?
Again, any help would be greatly appreciated!

I initially thought a change in direction of the topic belonged in a new thread, but I see the value in keeping it all together. I'll keep everything from this point out in the 3rd thread.
1st thread - WinXP Pro install fails on SATA RAID K7N2 Delta2-LSR - due to bad HD
2nd thread - RAID1 issues on K7N2 Delta2-LSR - this thread
3rd thread - Bad K7N2 Delta2-LSR?

K7N2 Delta2-LSR doesn't POST

Hi there, sorry before if anyone had asked this question before,
I have a system
K7N2 Delta2-LSR
Sempron 2600+
Adata Vitesta 2x256Mb
Winfast A250LE TD Ti4200
PATA hard drive...
i just tried to oc this system,
before : Sempron 2600+ @1833MHz, fsb 166, ram timing auto, vcore default 1.5V
1st trial : FSB 185, ram timing auto, vcore 1.55V, POST success, but i didn't boot to OS, entering setup again, wanna try higher FSB
2nd trial : at FSB 188, ram timing auto (i only changed FSB and vcore), vcore still 1.55V, my system didn't POST...
I tried to clear cmos, by moved the jumper, but it still didn't POST. Anybody help me pliz, what problem did i face?
Thank's

Quote from: HenryW on 11-August-07, 00:27:10
Do you have the manual that came with the motherboard? What kind of RAM do you have ( PC2700-333Mhz or PC3200-400Mhz)? If you are going to be increasing FSB you should have PC3200.
You will need to set the jumper on J10 to pins 2-3 (safe mode) restart PC and reset BIOS to default settings. Next turn off PC & set J10 jumper back to pins 1-2.
Before attempting to overclock again come back here for advice.
Yup, i have ram, DDR 500, but i run it at fsb 166.
what i tried is FSB at 190 Vcore 1.7V (default 1.6V) ram timing 2-3-3-7 T1
but the cpu temp is 52C (on bios)... is this normal? i only use the stock cooling HSF...
at FSB 166, temp is 47C. But i touch the HSF, not so hot like that temp, is the sensor wrong?
Anyway, on the socket A, there is an electric ribbon (sorry, i don't know the name...i name it my self ), is that the sensor for the cpu temp?
"J10" is nothing on my MoBo, i use "insert" while pressing power button, it worked just the same like "J10" works...

[SOLVED] K7N2 Delta2-LSR Everything works but OpenGL Apps.

Hello Folks.
Interesting problem I have never run into before. Recently upgraded to the K7N2 Delta2-LSR MB, and everything works great except for any opengl based application, which just crashes out. But first a list of the system specs, then a detailed explaination of everything I have done.
MB: K7N2 Delta2-LSR
BIOS: Award vB.6 (11.6)
CPU: AMD Athlon 1333Mhz (Don't know which core, sorry) 133MhzFSB x10
RAM: (2) 256M DDR266 (No brand name, Samsung memory chips)
(Dont have memory timings handy, but will get if needed. Using By SPD in bios)
Video: Chaintek GeForce 6600GT (nvidia gefore 6600gt chipset)
PSU: Logisys Computer PS 550A-BK 550w (+3.3v/30A +5v/38A +12v/25A)
HDD: IBM 20GB IDE (Can get full on model if needed)
Audio: Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platiumn (removed during testing)
OS: Windows 2000 SP4 (Fresh Install, latest MSI MB drivers from support site)
Okay i think that is all the relavent system specs, if anyone needs more I will be happy to provide.
Software used to test:
Direct3D: Rose Online (game), dxdiag 3D tests
OpenGL: Doom3 (game), Luna (nVidia Demo), Nalu (nVidia Demo), Dusk (nVidia Demo), Windows OpenGL screen savers
The Issue: OpenGL application crash during startup, normally in the nvoglnt.dll file. System completely stable otherwise. Windows 2D applications work fine. Direct3D applications work fine. I am using the latest stable nvidia drivers 84.21. I have also tested with the following previous driver versions 81.85, 81.95, 81.98 and with the beta drivers 84.25, 84.43, 91.28, 91.31. During this test I also used a MSI 6600GT card from a known good working system. Putting the Chaintek in the working system, verified the card was good. It worked no problem. Putting the known good MSI card in place of the Chaintek in non-working system, OpenGL applications still crash. I believe at this point I have ruled out both video card and drivers as a culprit. I have a clean install of Win2K SP4 on the machine with latest MSI MB drivers. I have also tested with a clean install of WinXP upgraded to SP2, with latest MSI MB drivers, Same Result. The ram I have tryed in both Single and Dual channel modes. I have removed one stick and ran the system with just 256MB ram. I also swapped that stick with the other one per chance it was one of the ram sticks. Though they had been running fine previously for years in the system without incident until the MB upgrade. Also if I had bad ram I would expect to have general system instability across the board, not just opengl apps. As a last resort I hung the HDD off my known good working system, even though it has an ASUS nForce2 chipset MB. When it booted up, All applications ran fine. DIrect3d and OpenGL. At this point in the game I feel I have ruled out software and video drivers as the culprit.
I've never really run into a problem like this before and am beginning to suspect that something is wrong with the motherboard itself. I just wanted to bounce this issue off the brainpower here at the forums, before I contact the place I bought it from for an RMA.
So I guess this all boils down to is, has anyone else ever had this issue and resolved it? Or, does anyone have any other troubleshooting ideas I can try? Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter.
Kershoc

Quote from: Richard on 09-June-06, 09:35:53
BOSSKILLER,
I agree but first we need to get APIC enabled with a Fresh Install of WinXP.
Richard
yes APIC must be enabled and OS installed after it. my reply was add-on after yours.
Quote from: Kershoc on 09-June-06, 09:36:23
Richard,
The install is already on its way. The XP install has an option for a quick format, so it's not as long as if I did a full one (thank goodness). I've got a copy of memtest86 on one of my diag cd's around here. I'll go ahead and let that run overnight when I go to bed.
Bosskiller,
It is BIOS version B6 aka 11.6. It came on the board by default. I dont recall seeing an Nvidia/ATI speedup option, but it may be one of those hidden ones you have to press a series of hotkeys to see, so I will check. I will let you know more, once this reinstall is completed.
yes Nvidia/ATI speedup option is hidden("SHIFT+F2","ALT+F3")
"I'll go ahead and let that run overnight when I go to bed."
hmm not good idea, couse that will take alot of time which is no need really, make 20 passes on Test Number 5 only in memtest, then leave SP2004 or Prime95 (Large'FFTs in Blends).
But at all think there is not instability issues or you may have it but that is not couse the your problem. becouse instability is random, you are already running Direct3D base application and problems must exist there also if you have big instability, but that is not happend. if stress tests detected instability issues than will mean that you have more than one problem.

New K7N2 Delta2 - LSR motherboard installed - a few questions

Hi - thanks for your advice on my other threads concerning my dying K7N2 Delta2 - LSR motherboard. I finally installed my new board over the weekend.
It's virtually identical to the old board. The only difference I can find is that this new board has on board LAN.
The downside: When the seller packed the board in the original box, he put the huge Thermaltake heatsink on the CPU socket. It dented the two capacitors next to it. He also put the manual - CD - etc. bag on top of the static bag.
Virtually every capacitor was bent when I took the motherboard out of the bag. Naturally, I was a bit concerned.
The upside: I went ahead with the installation anyway. I could not get the PC to boot when the Thermaltake heatsink installed. All I got was a high-pitch squeal. I thought it was because of the damaged capacitors.
With nothing to lose, I installed the stock heatsink that came with the CPU. It booted right up and is stable. As an added bonus I did not have to reinstall XP Pro or any of my programs!
One other thing - I used Arctic Silver Ceramique and applied it exactly as stated in the directions. I was a bit nervous about not spreading the Ceramique on the CPU.
It works great. I am getting CPU temperatures ranging from the mid 30s C to the mid 40s C. I never got temps in the mid-30s even with Arctic Silver.
I set the BIOS to Optimized as recommended in the manual. I noticed the RAM voltage is set to 2.7.
Question 1 - I believe my RAM is specified to run at 2.5. Will this increased voltage cause a problem?
Question 2 - In addition to Optimized, there's Turbo Mode, Enhanced Turbo Mode and Manual in the BIOS. What's the difference between Turbo Mode and Enhanced Turbo mode? There's nothing in the manual explaining this.
One other thing. I have my new USB keyboard and old USB mouse connected to the PS/2 ports. They work perfectly. I can get to the BIOS using this keyboard.
Joe

Wonkanoby, Fredrik, Henry - thanks for posting. The motherboard I have now has an Orange PCI slot, 4 white PCI slots and a Red AGP slot that has a locking mechanism that slides toward the back of the PC tower case instead of a lever that you pull up.
If this is an OEM motherboard, it sure came with a lot of extras, such as SATA cables, a printed manual, CD with drivers, backplate and a fancy box, plus a very customizable BIOS.
Here are 2 pix:
There's no question in my mind that this motherboard is a Retail Motherboard. I just threw out (recycled) an MSI 6389 Gateway motherboard. It had a Gateway BIOS screen, and the BIOS had very few adjustments.
Joe
P.S. The 6389 MSI motherboard had a leaking capacitor and would not boot.
P.P.S. I mentioned in an earlier post that I probably disabled the LAN in my old motherboard since I installed a 1 GB Ethernet PCI card. The computer is old, in that the CPU and heatsink are the oldest components now. Everything else is relatively new -

How do i install sata hard drive?

ok, i am using right now my sony dvdrw on ide1 as master and ata hard drive on ide2 as master, booting to the hard drive. i am going to install an sata hard drive and use that as the boot drive, the normal ata as a storage drive only. how will i install the sata drive? do i install it to sata 1 and then durring the install of windows xp tell it to hit f6 for third party scsi drivers and then use the intel sata floppy driver disk that came with my board? it's the MSI-6728 board. or is there anything special i need to do in the bios or what?
oh yeah. what connection for power should i use? my powersupply has sata and normal, so should i use the sata power connector? and then what's this about legacy or something in the bios, or am i wrong?

Well first of all, you dont install the Intel S-ATA Driver Disc unless you are going to create a RAID Array....Go into the BIOS and on the "On-Chip IDE Configuration" Page Set the Options like this.........
On-Chip ATA Operate Mode : Legacy
ATA Configuration : P-ATA+S-ATA
Keep S-ATA Enabled : (Greyed Out Yes)
Keep P-ATA Enabled : (Greyed Out Yes)
P-ATA Channel Selection : Both
Combined Mode Operation (At first you have to set this to P-ATA Channel 1, then switch after you Move Windows to S-ATA)
Configure S-ATA As RAID : No
Then you are Going to have to Install the OS on The SATA and Just Move the Files that you want to save from the P-ATA HDD and then Remove the P-ATA Drive from the "Boot Device" List in the BIOS....
You really should List Your Full System Specs. When you POST...Create a "Signature" with your Forum User Control Panel...........Sean REILLY875

I am replacing my existing SATA hard drive to a Solid State hard drive and want to image the drive, is this possible?

I am replacing my existing 320 GB SATA hard drive that clicks and makes weird noises to a Solid State hard drive and want to image the drive, is this possible? I then want to replace the DVD with a secondary large drive for storage.
So I am looking for any "gotchas" that I may be unaware of.
Thanks!

Put the Old drive in an external notebook drive enclosure. Install the SSD in your computer. Boot from your Old drive's Recovery HD:
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Clone Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the New SSD. Source means the external Old hard drive.
Set the new Startup Disk to the SSD and restart the computer.
This process clones both your old OS X volume and the Recovery HD volume to the SSD. You can use a similar process to clone the SSD to the new hard drive you will install.

Installing Windows XP on SATA Hard Drive

Hey. I have a maxtor 80gb SATA hard drive that I put in my new computer, and I want to install Windows XP on it. I see that the computer recognizes that it's there, but when I do the F6 process to get the drivers for Windows I cannot get anything for some reason. I hit F6, and it gets to the point where it asks me to install a disk with drivers, and I put the floppy for the VIA drivers in the drive (I'm using VIA after all I've read), and nothing happens. I don't even hear the floppy doing anything. after a few seconds of "please wait" the same screen comes up telling me to put the floppy containing the drivers in. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Also, in bios, it seems to recognize my floppy drive, since it lists it, and I can use it as a boot drive. If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Hi
What is meant is the floppy is controlled from 2 parts of bios.
1. go to advanced bios features, set floppy seek to enable, set boot sequence to floppy, CD, HDD(BB1 = SATA), enable other devices. Then go to integrated peripherals, make sure PATA IDE and SATA IDE are enabled, just below is floppy controller, enable that, then SAVE and exit,
If the floppy cable was inverted, the drive light would be on all the time, if it flickers oon and off, it is OK.
Now try the F6 routine, if it still does not work then a new copy of floppy may be needed.
Cheers
jocko

Installing a second SATA hard drive - Problems booting

Hi,
I currently have one Maxtor 160GB SATA hard drive in my system with my operating system installed. I have another identical hard drive that I'm attempting to install now, into the second of five available SATA ports on my MSI P965 Neo motherboard.
When I plug in the second hard drive, though, Windows will not boot. It gets to the Windows logo screen with the progress animation, but before even the animation can begin, it stops and the screen freezes. This does not fix itself with waiting.
My boot priorities are set to: DVD-ROM, CD-RW, hard risk. The hard disk priorities are also as they should be to my knowledge - although it can be tricky because when ordering, both disks have the same name. I have tried with either one on top of the list, and you cannot remove a drive from the list alltogether.
The SATA cable is in perfect condition. My BIOS is up-to-date.
When I plug the hard drive in when the system is already running, Windows will detect it and files can be written/read flawlessly. As soon as I restart, however, I run into the same issue.
The first HDD, with the OS on it, is in SATA 1, the second HDD is in SATA 4. Ports 3, 6, and 7 are unused.
I'm out of ideas at this point, I don't see any other options that need to be changed.
I'd appreciate any input you can offer - thanks in advance!

I would debug this drive you are talking about which clears off all data and partitions information. Take out the good drive and leave in the dodgy one. Boot to a floppy with this dell win95 boot disc.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R19775&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=19601
When at the A: prompt: type debug and enter, you get a (-) prompt and then enter the following script exactly:
F 200 L1000 0 (enter)
A CS:100 (enter)
xxxx:0100 MOV AX,301 (enter)
xxxx:0103 MOV BX,200 (enter)
xxxx:0106 MOV CX,1 (enter)
xxxx:0109 MOV DX,80 (enter)
xxx:010C INT 13 (enter)
xxxx:010E INT 20 (enter)
xxxx:0110 (enter)
g (enter)
q (enter)
restart your system.
Now you can put back in your first drive as well, boot up into windows and use the disc manager to repartition and format.
Old school! If you are still having problems I would replace the drive.

Internal SATA Hard Drive

Just installed a seagate SATA Hard Drive into my expansion drive.
It was recognized right away, I formatted it and it mounted immediately.
However, the drive is SATA 3.0 and my system is SATA 1.5. There is a jumper setting on the drive to make it SATA 1.5, and I am pretty sure I set it up correctly.
My question is... if I had the jumper wrong and the drive was still in 3.0 mode, would it not work? Or could it possibly fry my system? I think I got everything right, but I am trying to make sure.
Thanks in advance for the information.
Message was edited by: Williams

So... here's the final details.
First, the "top" of the drive is defined as the silver side with the label. The guy I talked to from Seagate was very cool and said he had heard my question many times. So that answers the question about the jumper. Also, the jumper is FACTORY INSTALLED in the 1.5 setting. To change to 3.0 you just remove the jumpers.
Now, as to my question... if the drive was in 3.0 mode would it work in a 1.5 system? The answer is no. It wouldn't damage the system, but the drive would not mount.
However, if the system was 3.0 and the drive was in 1.5 mode, it would work. In this situation, it is backwards-compatible.
There you go, thank you all for your responses.
Message was edited by: Williams

Native SATA hard drive support for hp pavilion notebooks DV2000 , DV9000

Hello,
decided to post a question on this hp forum instead of the hundreds of other tech forums out there in the hopes of recieving a valid knowledgeble response. (Also since the question relates to Hp products lets give it a try on here>>)
So here is the question I'm trying to get answer for. Can a SATA hard drive from DV 2000 series notebook be used in a DV 9000 notebook series? I have done some forum reading and apparently there is compatibility issues depending on chipset (Intel or Amd or ATI?)
My Dv2000 series had a fujitsu 250gb hard drive which ran Vista 64bit on an AMD/nvdia motherboard,
I want to use this in my DV 9233cl notebook which has an Intel/nvidia chipset motherboard.
When I insert the fujitsu 250gb into the dv9233cl the notebook powers on, does a read of hard drive for 10 mins or so (hdd LED lights up, goes dim while reading) then says : No OS found.
I tried to do a fresh install using Vista CD; its doesn't recognize the drive. I click option to load drivers for hard drive (yes I also got intel drivers for Intel SATA controllers from hp web site) the drivers load but still do not pick up the hard drive;
I want to know two things really..if at post the motherboard reads the drive or trys to does this means the hard drive itself is good/healthy? If so , why does it not recognize by Vista Install disk or by the intel SATA drivers?
If anyone can accurately say what the problem is would be great.
Thank you.

Hello,
Thank you for responding and opening up the discussion with more information.
I refered to it as new in my post in reference to obtaining it recently after my older dv2913cl.
The dv9233cl is in fact old, however I installed a brand new intel/nvidia motherboard into it.
The system boots, bios has native sata support set to 'enabled'. During post it recognises hdd device as it starts to click and spin and read. After it will say ' no OS found'. This to me seems normal as the hdd is not 'configured' to boot on the dv9233cl?
Also the systm boots and runs fine into mini Xp for diagnostics. So overall I know the dv9233cl is functioning.
However mini Xp does not recognise there is a hdd device.
Wanting to reformat or do a fresh install of Vista I boot from the Vista Install disk. It does not pick up or recognise a hdd is present. I install Intel SATA controller drivers which I obtained from Hp website (as suggested by expert forum members to those who have similar SATA hdd not being recognised with intel motherboard)
Link for intel SATA drivers for XP and Vista
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=ob-542...
I used the SATA controllers which came up on the screen and even try going through each one ; however the SATA hdd device is not picked up. So this is the main question and issue. Neither any DOS hdd utility , mini XP or Vista install disk recognise there is a hdd present.
Why is it not recognised and how to resolve.?

K7N2 Delta2-LSR Fsb issues

Hello everyone, I have a 2700+ xp 333fsb @ 2.158ghz (fsb 166 x 13)
Running on a K7N2 Delta2-LSR. Preparing for a lanparty I decided to try and do a small OC, so i decided to Oc it to 200fsb x 11 (2.200 ghz) I saved and rebooted and now it will not post. I have tried all known methods of clearing the CMos, including removing the battery and clearing the cmos, waiting in times between that, unplugging and doing all that, but nothing worked. After reading other posts it seems this problem can be fixed by shorting the j10 or j11 jumper, neither of those jumpers is on my Mobo, if there is another way to reset the fsb, please help me!!
ps. All other hardware that is non essential has been removed, and all the hardware was working before, i made no hardware changes before the OC attempt. Please help before i leave for lan party! (Friday aug 6, at 6:00)
(Edit), yeah setting the fsb past 166 went over the 333 limit for my 2700+ xp. So how can i reset this?

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As some of you will be aware there is no safe mode jumper J10 on the K7N2 Delta2 series of boards. This has been replaced by the "insert" key method as used by Abit and Epox. To start your board at its default settings following an unsuccessful overclocking attempt you need to do the following using a ps2 keyboard. Turn off your machine and disconnect from the mains or turn off the switch on the back of the power supply. Press the front panel power switch several times to discharge any charge remaining in the power supply capacitors. Reconnect the power by plugging into wall socket or turning on psu power switch. Press and hold down "insert" on the keyboard and press the case front panel power switch. If you are successful it should start the cpu and memory at 100Mhz FSB. If it does press "delete" to reenter the bios to change your settings to known safe settings. Good luck.
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What is the best set hard drive set up on an iMac for video editing?

what is the best set hard drive set up on an iMac for video editing? i only have one internal 2tb hard drive.

CIANCIO.mov wrote:
so is it best to edit directly off your LaCie fire wire drive, or off the internal HD and store on the external?
The second.
Which one is faster to edit with?
The internal will operate faster but editing uses both the Final Cut Application (on the internal), and the external which is used to store and access the video that you have shot and on which is stored the Capture Caches, and which also stores and accesses the various other caches such as Video Render, Waveform etc.
Does a faster hard drive decrease rendering time?
I think it must, but I have never timed it.
whats Faster, having another internal drive or a thunderbolt or firewire 800 external drive?
I think that a second internal drive would be faster than an external Firewire drive. However, a Thunderbolt drive is said to be very fast, but I do not know whether it would be faster than a conventional internal drive. This question would best be asked of the Final Cut Discussion Groups because thay might have experience.
i would love some specs, and input on different drive setups for an imac with a single 2TB Hard dirve.
Again, the discussion groups would be the best place to answer this.
enyone. thanks,
Rendering long sections of video in the Final Cut software does take a long time, especially when it is imported from another source, such as a .mov, and when something simple like a transition is inserted or even moved or altered, or a filter is applied, rendering must be carried out in that area to see the effect properly. So you are on the right lines in thinking about how to speed it up.

Sometimes cannot start PC: problem with Hitachi SATA Hard drive and K7N2G-ILSR

I have major problem with my 160Gb SATA Hitachi hard drive and my MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard. Sometimes the PC can be started, sometimes it cannot.
After I installed a clean build of Windows XP Pro SP1 onto my new hard drive (as the only hard drive in my PC) and install all the necessary drivers, the system runs smoothly. However, after about 2 to 3 weeks, sometimes when I start the PC, it cannot detect the hard drive and hence it claimes that it cannot find any VMI Pool Data (i.e. no OS detected). What makes it really horrible is that, it is like the lottery everytime when I start the PC. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The highest record was 8 consecutive failures (by resetting or by turning the power off and on again) before I can start the machine properly. Also, the system sometimes just crashes in the middle of operating.
I have already sent the hard drive back to Hitachi. Got the same model of hard drive back as replacement, but the replacement has the same problem, except with the replacement drive the PC can be started eventually after many tries, while with the previous drive it is possible that the PC cannot be started until after a few days later.
Also, it seems that my drive can detect either SATA hard drive or PATA hard drive, but not both. (If I leave my old PATA drive connect in the primary IDE channel, Windows cannot detect the new SATA drive.)
Is my motherboard faulty? Can it only use PATA drive?
My PC's spec is as follows:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
512Mb PC3200 SDRAM (set to run at 166MHz)
Hitachi 160Gb SATA Hard drive on 1st SATA channel (Model #HDS722516VLSA80)
Sony DVD+-RW drive and Panasonic DVD-ROM drive on secondary IDE channel
Use onboard video (GeForce MX)
US Robotech V92 internal PCI modem
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Player soundcard
Onboard audio disabled
300W PSU
OS is Windows XP Pro SP1 (with all latest security patches up to date)

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Originally posted by Raven_
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Originally posted by boucher91
Along the same lines the sata drives use more power than the pata drives...
sata usually faster spin rate, pata is slower spin rate...
that is not entirly correct.
many harddrives just come with different ways to connect them.
the only sata drives i now that spins faster is western digital raptors 10k rpm.
all other is running at 7200rpm.
older drives run at 5400rpm
Yes to get the full benefit of RAID, the Raptors are the way to go.Anything else, no significant difference.

K7N2 Delta2-LSR Single SATA hard drive set up

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