IDE and SATA Questions

[perillo34]

I tried for three days to get my SATA HD to be my boot drive, but everytime I tried to install windows I would get the Stop error code 0x0000007B, 0x48------) error on the install, believe I tried everything for my Nf7-s V2 slipstreaming in the latest Silicone drives to loading up older ones with the f6 button to no avail. So I broke down and bought an Ultra/133 ATA Maxtor 120gig at Staples for 80 dollars on sale, and the install went fine, but now I am thinking maybe from here I can install windows as on the SATA drive and maybe it will work, do I need to put silicone on the SATA connectors or what, any help would be great, and will I notice any speed increases or improvement with the sata drive over my Maxtor or should I just keep it as is and sell the SATA.

 

[Sideswipe001]

I don't have that motherboard- but did you try to flash to the latest BIOS? And what options does the BIOS have for your SATA drive? There's a lot of different modes they can run in, from what I've seen.

Where did you get teh Stop error anyway? After the "blue screen" install part after it rebooted in the GUI?

 

[perillo34]

I got it after the blue screen install, as it tries to boot into windows installer, the boot screen flashed for a second then it went into the BSOD stop error stop screen, failing to finish the install, everything is updated to the latest bios. I have enabled all of the SATA functions in the bios, I just didnt get it.

 

[WebDude]

I've got that mb, but didn't have any problems. Just where in the install process does the blue screen appear? That might give a clue as to what is failing.

As for speed, I doubt you'ld notice any diff. in the sata over the maxtor. so just keeping with the maxtor would be a viable option in my mind.

 

[perillo34]

Basically it was after all of the files were extracted and copied, then it reboots and bam after the windows load screen appears stop error.

 

[WebDude]

Sounds like you're completing stage 1 of the install, where the SI driver is installed, the installer program recognizes the sata drive, copies files to it, and then reboots. Then the failure occurs.

Only suggestion I can make is try it once again from scratch, make sure you load the proper SI driver (the floppy has drivers for 2 different SI controllers), delete the existing partition, create a new one, do a FULL format (not a quick one), and then see how it goes. If you still go blue screen on reboot, then I have no more ideas as to what to try. (Of course double check to ensure Serial ATA Controller is enabled in the bios.)


EDIT Ok, just saw something in my bios. On the Integrated Periferals page, below "Init Display First", there's a line for "EXT-P2P's Discard Time". Entry value is 30us. On the right side of the screen it says: "Set EXT-P2P's discard time to be 30us to fix Sil3112 SATA controller will crash SATA HDD." Do you have this line in your bios?

 

[perillo34]

Let me check and see what that means.

 

[perillo34]

No clue what that means, but it seems like it is inlvoved any ideas on what to do should I change it.

 

[WebDude]

If it's set to 30us, I wouldn't change it. (Not sure what it means -- it's not even mentioned in the owner's manual.) I was hoping it would say something else, but guess not. Guess I'm out of ideas.

 

[AkumaX]

try changing your ram, stage 2 of xp installing usually taxes system memory. or try using memtest86+ to make sure that your memory is 100% stable.

if that doesn't work, try disabling your L2 cache on your cpu. i found out my P4 512kb L2 was defective that way (stage 2 also starts using L2 more heavily)

 

[perillo34]

I figured it out, the corruption is caused by the 30 macrosec delay in the pcp thing you mentioned, and to switch it to 1 microsecond fixed I hope this helps someone out in the future, geez what a relief, back to the store the maxtor goes, or if anyone wants it for 85 dollars shipped let me know comes with a 3 year warranty, sweet.