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p4p800 deluxe losing sata drives
Hi, i've got a p4p800 deluxe with 2 sata hd's (1 seagate barracuda 120gb and
1 wd raptor). Every so often on boot the bios fails to find the hd's (they are the only hd's, no ide's in there). They are not setup for RAID, simple JBOD. When the bios can't find the drives the wd raptor makes a ticking noise every second or so. It's all very strange, can't understand it at all. Has anyone got any ideas what this could be. Thanks, Ezman |
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Download hd manu disk checking utility, for both drives and test
"ezman" wrote in message news:Yt4Ac.745$A74.608@newsfe1-win... Hi, i've got a p4p800 deluxe with 2 sata hd's (1 seagate barracuda 120gb and 1 wd raptor). Every so often on boot the bios fails to find the hd's (they are the only hd's, no ide's in there). They are not setup for RAID, simple JBOD. When the bios can't find the drives the wd raptor makes a ticking noise every second or so. It's all very strange, can't understand it at all. Has anyone got any ideas what this could be. Thanks, Ezman |
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"D" wrote in message news:kG4Ac.249$Y75.170@newsfe6-win... Download hd manu disk checking utility, for both drives and test Both drives are now tested and report no errors, any more ideas? thanks, ezman |
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"ezman" wrote in message newsN4Ac.790$A74.605@newsfe1-win... "D" wrote in message news:kG4Ac.249$Y75.170@newsfe6-win... Download hd manu disk checking utility, for both drives and test Both drives are now tested and report no errors, any more ideas? thanks, ezman Check mobo lithium cell (3V minimum) - if not that, it's probably a mobo hardware fault (I assume you have the latest BIOS?) Possibly bad power connectors/cables to the SATA drives? PSU gone bad? Whatever it is, it's common to both drives. HTH -- Rob |
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Check mobo lithium cell (3V minimum) - if not that, it's probably
a mobo hardware fault (I assume you have the latest BIOS?) Possibly bad power connectors/cables to the SATA drives? PSU gone bad? Whatever it is, it's common to both drives. HTH -- Rob Thanks will look into those ideas. Any ideas why this could be happening intermittently then (like once or twice every 20 boots) |
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In article AgnAc.32$D4.9@newsfe6-win, "ezman" wrote:
Check mobo lithium cell (3V minimum) - if not that, it's probably a mobo hardware fault (I assume you have the latest BIOS?) Possibly bad power connectors/cables to the SATA drives? PSU gone bad? Whatever it is, it's common to both drives. HTH -- Rob Thanks will look into those ideas. Any ideas why this could be happening intermittently then (like once or twice every 20 boots) Try "Quick Boot" [Disable] and "Full Logo" [Disabled]. Perhaps this will allow extra time to elapse, between the disks spinning up, and the BIOS attempting to access the disks. With Full Logo disabled, you should be able to see when the various phases of the BIOS testing are complete. With Quick Boot disabled, the memory may be tested multiple times, before the POST continues. While there is an "IDE Detect Time Out (sec)" field and a default value of 35 seconds, I don't think this timeout applies to devices on a separate RAID chip. The RAID BIOS may have its own, non-programmable delay timer in its code. That is why I am suggesting the "Quick Boot" [Disabled], as this compensates for an inability to program the RAID chip timer. HTH, Paul |
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----- Original Message -----
Try "Quick Boot" [Disable] and "Full Logo" [Disabled]. Perhaps this will allow extra time to elapse, between the disks spinning up, and the BIOS attempting to access the disks. With Full Logo disabled, you should be able to see when the various phases of the BIOS testing are complete. With Quick Boot disabled, the memory may be tested multiple times, before the POST continues. While there is an "IDE Detect Time Out (sec)" field and a default value of 35 seconds, I don't think this timeout applies to devices on a separate RAID chip. The RAID BIOS may have its own, non-programmable delay timer in its code. That is why I am suggesting the "Quick Boot" [Disabled], as this compensates for an inability to program the RAID chip timer. HTH, Paul Thanks Paul, have done that, will see what happens. |
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