CompUSA 6-hr sale starts 6PM 3/21

[Doug117]

Originally posted by: dgouldin
I've been running the "175gb" (180gb actual) hard drive for a little over 12 hours now, and I'm noticing that cpu utilization seems to be pretty high. I'm not sure if it's a result of using the controller card (my mobo recognizes it as a 137gb drive without it) or if it's the 2mb buffer that's doing it in, but if this keeps up I'm going to have to take it out. If I were trying to record 8 tracks of 24/96 audio with this thing simultaneously I'm pretty sure I'd have a dropout in no time.

As for the 137GB thingie.... The reason your mobo recognizes it as 137GB is that the BIOS on your machine is relatively old, and only knows 24-bit LBA addressing (maxes out at 137GB -- remember the old 32GB drive limit?? ). New BIOS will most likely enable 48-bit LBA addressing. Or just keep it on the provided PCI card (which is 48-bit LBA addressing enabled).

And as for the CPU utilization, i'm not sure what to say there... i'd make sure you have chipset drivers installed, and if it is on the PCI card, make sure you have the latest drivers for that!

 

[Doug117]

Originally posted by: Wag
This WD 180GB drive appears to be a POS. If I try to use it as a master on my 8RDA+ it BSODs XP (which is a mean accomplishment). I even tried to do a clean XP install and the same thing happened. I don't have the same problems with my 100GB WD.

I'm going to try to exchange it tommorow- let's see what they do if they're out of stock.

Again, might be a problem with the 137GB barrier in relatively old BIOSes. I know WD drives are wack when it comes to jumpers, but if its booting then you have those correct. Other than that, im not sure... what is the STOP error?

 

[Doug117]

Originally posted by: amgine
Damn hard drive won't format....gets to 100% and fails, no matter how small I make the partition.

Are you running it off the PCI card? If so, make sure your loading the drivers for that correctly. If your running it off mobo, make sure your BIOS recognizes it as a 180GB instead of 137GB. If it detects it as the latter, update your bios (make sure it has 48-bit LBA addressing)

 

[ViperV990]

JFYI, my $30 + $70 WD1750BB rebate just arrived today. Check your mailboxes

 

[yodayoda]

got you beat, $310 in rebates arrived today for me =) woohoo, time to go to vegas!

 

[dirtrat]

Originally posted by: ViperV990
JFYI, my $30 + $70 WD1750BB rebate just arrived today. Check your mailboxes

This post belongs in the REBATE Sticky thread, not here!

 

[ViperV990]

Originally posted by: dirtrat

Originally posted by: ViperV990 JFYI, my $30 + $70 WD1750BB rebate just arrived today. Check your mailboxes

This post belongs in the REBATE Sticky thread, not here!

Make me

 

[NICKel]

Originally posted by: ViperV990

Originally posted by: dirtrat

Originally posted by: ViperV990 JFYI, my $30 + $70 WD1750BB rebate just arrived today. Check your mailboxes

This post belongs in the REBATE Sticky thread, not here!

Make me

Sheesh! I know this is OT, but I am glad someone let me know my rebate is on the way..... Thanks guys!