Hi,
I'm trying to set up my GA-8IEXP motherboard (P4, Intel 845 chipset) and i'm running into the following problem:
My Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 80GB ATA 133 hard disk is set as master on IDE1 is detected by the onboard BIOS but not by the Maxtor PowerDrive Diagnostic utility (Powermax.exe). The Maxtor diagnostic utility (powermax.exe) does not detect either my hard disk or my CDROM which is set with cable select on IDE2!!
Also if I ignore this error and use Max Blaster II software that is also supplied with the drive to partition and format my drive, my computer crashes sporadically with errors at various steps in the OS installation process - errors listed below:
If this is the first time you're seeing this message, remove any additional hardware you may have recently installed...
You hard disk may be infected with a virus - please run an antivirus.....
Also check that your cables are plugged in correctly and your drive is correctly terminated...
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
*** STOP 0x0000007B (0xF8967640 0xC0000034 0x00000000 0x00000000)
or
*** STOP 0x0000004E (0x00000099 0xC000037FB 0x00000000 0x00000000)
This hex code varies but the STOP occurs consistently and sporadically at different points.
The motherboard guys told me to try changing the hard disk - so i returned it and got another one just like it - SAME problem!!!
The motherboard LED's also act wierd - when everything is fine they flash like crazy so I know my drive is working, just before the errors they slow down completely to very faint winks...almost indetectible...like its trying to read 1 byte or something...
The hard disk guys now tell me to return the motherboard and claim its a motherboard/BIOS problem!
BTW: I'm running Award BIOS 6.00 on a Gigabyte GA-8IEXP motherboard with a P4 2.26 GHz 533 FSB - no overclocking yet.
I tried the following:
(a) Got the latest BIOS from Gigabyte's website and flashed my BIOS (same problem still occurs)
(b) Ran with the Fail Safe BIOS defaults
(c) Disabled my onboard ATA/RAID controller
(d) Checked CPU core temperature/heat sink/fan - everything looks OK. CPU temp is between 33-35 degrees C
(e) Tried the hard drive on another computer with the same diagnostic utilty (powermax.exe).
The utility detects the hard disk and other peripherals just fine on the other computer.
(f) Checked my cables and power supply
(g) I installed Maxtor's EZ-BIOS on the drive to see if that helped - it did not
(h) Checked my memory - Samsung 2100 DDR 266 MHz works fine
(i) Installed the drive in various positions as Master and Slave and Cable Select in various configurations on IDE1 and IDE2.
(j) I called up Gigabyte - they said check CPU core temp - should not exceed 70 degrees Centigrade - mine is about
33-35 degrees Centigrade
(k) Tested the hard drive and the diagnostic utility on another computer which passed successfully.
(l) Checked my CPU system health diagnostic - everything looks fine - Temp/Voltage etc.
(m) Changed the IDE detect to manual and specified the settings as described in the Maxtor manual
(n) Tried the Cylinder Limitation Jumper
My suspicions:
(a) My AWARD BIOS extensions are not installed - hence it does not detect the large drive
(b) My motherboard is bad - need to return it
(c) The onboard IDE controller is kaput (but that doesnt explain the BIOS detecting the IDE drives correctly on bootup)
(d) Only other card I have plugged in is a GForce4 Ti4200 AGP graphics card. Not sure if this would interfere with IDE
(e) Cant think of anything else - I think I've exhausted all my options.
Before I return the board, I thought I'd turn to the gurus on AnandTech - any ideas guys ???
Please help me. I am at my wits end with this one!!! :-(
Anything else I can try before I return the board ????? Anyone know of any good hard drive BIOS detection utilities or any other ideas I can try out ??????
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!
I'm trying to set up my GA-8IEXP motherboard (P4, Intel 845 chipset) and i'm running into the following problem:
My Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 80GB ATA 133 hard disk is set as master on IDE1 is detected by the onboard BIOS but not by the Maxtor PowerDrive Diagnostic utility (Powermax.exe). The Maxtor diagnostic utility (powermax.exe) does not detect either my hard disk or my CDROM which is set with cable select on IDE2!!
Also if I ignore this error and use Max Blaster II software that is also supplied with the drive to partition and format my drive, my computer crashes sporadically with errors at various steps in the OS installation process - errors listed below:
If this is the first time you're seeing this message, remove any additional hardware you may have recently installed...
You hard disk may be infected with a virus - please run an antivirus.....
Also check that your cables are plugged in correctly and your drive is correctly terminated...
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
*** STOP 0x0000007B (0xF8967640 0xC0000034 0x00000000 0x00000000)
or
*** STOP 0x0000004E (0x00000099 0xC000037FB 0x00000000 0x00000000)
This hex code varies but the STOP occurs consistently and sporadically at different points.
The motherboard guys told me to try changing the hard disk - so i returned it and got another one just like it - SAME problem!!!
The motherboard LED's also act wierd - when everything is fine they flash like crazy so I know my drive is working, just before the errors they slow down completely to very faint winks...almost indetectible...like its trying to read 1 byte or something...
The hard disk guys now tell me to return the motherboard and claim its a motherboard/BIOS problem!
BTW: I'm running Award BIOS 6.00 on a Gigabyte GA-8IEXP motherboard with a P4 2.26 GHz 533 FSB - no overclocking yet.
I tried the following:
(a) Got the latest BIOS from Gigabyte's website and flashed my BIOS (same problem still occurs)
(b) Ran with the Fail Safe BIOS defaults
(c) Disabled my onboard ATA/RAID controller
(d) Checked CPU core temperature/heat sink/fan - everything looks OK. CPU temp is between 33-35 degrees C
(e) Tried the hard drive on another computer with the same diagnostic utilty (powermax.exe).
The utility detects the hard disk and other peripherals just fine on the other computer.
(f) Checked my cables and power supply
(g) I installed Maxtor's EZ-BIOS on the drive to see if that helped - it did not
(h) Checked my memory - Samsung 2100 DDR 266 MHz works fine
(i) Installed the drive in various positions as Master and Slave and Cable Select in various configurations on IDE1 and IDE2.
(j) I called up Gigabyte - they said check CPU core temp - should not exceed 70 degrees Centigrade - mine is about
33-35 degrees Centigrade
(k) Tested the hard drive and the diagnostic utility on another computer which passed successfully.
(l) Checked my CPU system health diagnostic - everything looks fine - Temp/Voltage etc.
(m) Changed the IDE detect to manual and specified the settings as described in the Maxtor manual
(n) Tried the Cylinder Limitation Jumper
My suspicions:
(a) My AWARD BIOS extensions are not installed - hence it does not detect the large drive
(b) My motherboard is bad - need to return it
(c) The onboard IDE controller is kaput (but that doesnt explain the BIOS detecting the IDE drives correctly on bootup)
(d) Only other card I have plugged in is a GForce4 Ti4200 AGP graphics card. Not sure if this would interfere with IDE
(e) Cant think of anything else - I think I've exhausted all my options.
Before I return the board, I thought I'd turn to the gurus on AnandTech - any ideas guys ???
Please help me. I am at my wits end with this one!!! :-(
Anything else I can try before I return the board ????? Anyone know of any good hard drive BIOS detection utilities or any other ideas I can try out ??????
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!
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