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07-31-2005, 10:14 PM
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Problems with Maxtor 160
I have a maxtor 160 ide hooked up to a pci card (only connection on card) not the mother board. Drive set to CS and using round cable with ground with end connection,not middle.
Was set to master and had same problem. Windows XP had lost this drive 5 times now. System will show it. Can recover it with RECOVER IT ALL software. Ran Maxtor dianostics and it passes all tests. Any suggestions.????????????? |
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07-31-2005, 10:20 PM
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be sure that you have the drivers installed for the card, and set correctly in the bios,
is the card a promise that came with the drive ? |
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07-31-2005, 10:35 PM
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system shows it as a windows xp rpomise ultra 133 tx2. Card was purchased separatedly from drive.
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07-31-2005, 10:46 PM
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that is a very good card, it is the same one I am useing in my system
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07-31-2005, 11:00 PM
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There was an updated driver to version 2.0.o.43 dated in year 2003 that I just installed but still said was windows xp incompatiable. Older drive was from year 2001.
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07-31-2005, 11:01 PM
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what settings are to be done in the bios?
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07-31-2005, 11:25 PM
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found this for your card, try this one:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...-tx2-326.shtml
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07-31-2005, 11:36 PM
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set the first boot device to scsi
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08-01-2005, 06:12 AM
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there is also a new bios for this card. you might want to consider upgrading it to the most recent.
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08-01-2005, 09:42 AM
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Do you have SP1 or SP2 for XP installed? Baseline XP does not support drives larger than 137gb.
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08-01-2005, 01:02 PM
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I have sp2 installed. It appears the new bios could solve my problem but how do you install it. When I ran it under xp didn't work and when ran under dos it hung up.
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08-01-2005, 01:05 PM
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I am a little cautious on that site. Seems to indicate version 3.26 and "other" as author and no reviews. The promise tech site shows version 2.o.oo.015 as as newest version
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08-01-2005, 03:29 PM
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Quote:
http://www.promise.com/support/downl...l&os=100&go=GO |
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08-01-2005, 05:06 PM
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Thanks for all the help. Have now installed bios update and driver update. Had downloaded the updates to the disk with the maxtor disk checking software and they wouldn't install from there so reformatted and then they worked. Thanks again.
Hopefully problem is solved. |
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08-03-2005, 10:43 AM
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Problem is back. The Maxtor drive loses the partition. I ran the maxtor drive though ALL the diagnosis problems and passed. Computer does lock up on programs and I am unable to end them, seemed like this started with update to sp2 but could be my imagination.
Any other ideas? |
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08-03-2005, 01:19 PM
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remove sp2 from your pc by doing a restore pt.
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