issue with my new P6T?

[eurowing]

hi all,

i just assembled my new rig (asus P6t, i7 920, 6GB 1600 ram, GTX 280). i was quite surprised to see what has changed the last 3-4 years. no more serial port? no lpt port either? wow. and only one IDE controller? WOW

[NickN]

you are hitting me at a bad time.. I will look at this later today as I get time

You need to read your manual about drives, the BIOS and also read the docs for the drives themselves

[jwenham]

[quote]hi all,

i just assembled my new rig (asus P6t, i7 920, 6GB 1600 ram, GTX 280). i was quite surprised to see what has changed the last 3-4 years. no more serial port? no lpt port either? wow. and only one IDE controller? WOW

[eurowing]

SATA mode is set to enhanced and configured for IDE.
it is an oem drive so i have neither software nor a manual.

i have also checked the motherboard manual, nothing new in there. it is not very thorough anyways, just tells you what you can set - not why.

[jwenham]

Maybe this will help:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159956/m ... drive.html

[eurowing]

Maybe this will help:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159956/m ... drive.html

the hard drive is formatted and the other hints did not apply. i have a new SATA drive on the way and will see how that will perform with new partition/format. my SATA drive i can't format because i still need the fsx data on it.

thanks!

[jwenham]

Do you have your boot priority set properly, meaning that your drive that has FSX and your old OS not to boot first?

[eurowing]

Do you have your boot priority set properly, meaning that your drive that has FSX and your old OS not to boot first?

yes i do. i am booting from my IDE drive with a fresh xp installation. everything installed ok on that drive and i have all the updates installed.

when i am on that system i can see the SATA drive on the hard drive list (when i go to the hard drive properties and click on the hardware tab) but it's not showing in explorer. (it is also showing in the bios)

EDIT:

[jwenham]

I would agree with that. At least you can get you data off that drive before something else happens. Can you still RMA the drive or is it past its warranty period?

[grizzard]

Denis,
 One thought would be to clone your old drive to the new SATA when it comes in then use the new SATA as boot and see if that resolves the mobo question. HDCLONE works well for that purpose.

[eurowing]

my new SATA hard drive is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. i will get the data that i need off my old drive today (it's only a few files) and then see how the installation on the new drive works.

it would surprise me if my old drive had any issue because it has been working flawlessly more than three years until i put it into my new system. i don't really know about the warranty for the hard drive right now. returning the P6T would be easy though because i bought it at a local store (that's exactly why i buy most hardware locally rather than online - as long as it's a really good sale )

[NickN]

Sounds like you got this under control

CHKDSK is showing up because Windows found a problem with the file structure and has it in its registry the disk needs to be checked.

I have seen this get 'stuck' too (stupid Windows)

I do not remember the reg entry which controls it.. would need to look it up

However

I would assign Windows to run a FULL CHKDSK, not the fast check and see if it finds errors

Right click the drive, select TOOLS then DISK CHECK, place a check in BOTH BOXES and allow it to run

That check can take an hour or so to complete.. very large drives several however when complete if no errors are found it may be an issue brought on by a defective SATA cable and that should clear it

It is possible you do have a damaged disk. If CHKDSK finds physical damage it will attempt to recover data off the damaged area of the disk and mark it so Windows does not use that area.. but thats not a perm fix.. its just to get you recovered long enough to get back online and get the data secure before a drive replacement

The Manufacture of the drive will also have disk maintenance and check tools for the drive at their website. Usually, if I find Windows has located something nasty i will run the manufacture test disk and let it confirm what Windows found before I junk a drive just to be sure

[eurowing]

hi all,

all seems ok with the computer. i have installed windows on the new drive and after i deleted the partition and created a new one and formatted the 'trouble' drive windows accepts it completely!

i assume that the cable had a problem that also messed up the file structure or something so that windows detected something wrong with the drive. the new drive is on SATA #1 now and the old one on another