IDE performance issues

[eklass]

Phew! It's been a while since I've been in the forums.... I guess school and work has really kept me that busy.

Anyway, a couple weeks ago, my computer asked me to format it (yes, it asked me). Everythign went fine, except now, every time my computer access the hard drive (or whenever the little orange light comes on) my computer "skips". The mouse stutters and the music I've usually got going does so also. IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS! Now, there's not much of a problem in games, since it caches everythign it needs into RAM, however, it's really annoying when I'm trying to listen to some music or surf the net, or *gasp* get some work done. I tried installing VIA 4-in-1's, uninstalling them, installing individual drivers, etc.

Config is as follows:
ASUS A7V133 mobo
Athlon B 850MHz
512MB RAM
20GB Maxtor DiamondMax
|-->connected to onboard Promise Ultra 100 controller
|-->HD is only thing connected to Ultra 100, everyhtign else is on normal IDE channels
And finally... WindowsXP Pro

help? please?

 

[corkyg]

This is odd. This is the first time I ever heard of a computer asking to be formatted. It almost suggests a virus, but formatting would kill it. 🙂

For openers, why are you using the Promise controller with that motherboard? Try booting with your HDD connected to the mobo's primary controller, which is also ATA 100 capable. Then it would help to tell us what else you have connected to the primary and secondary controllers which caused you to use the Promise. My sense is that the Promise is the Problem.

 

[eklass]

Okay, after moving my HD over to the regular IDE channels, I booted, and the problem was even worse... so I removed any devices related to IDE/SCSI/RAID, and rebooted... everything seems very smooth thus far... except XP reports my Primary IDE Channel as not having enough resources. The device tht is taking the resources it needs is a SCSI/RAID Host Controller. When I check that although there is no yellow yield icon, it reports a resource conflict with you guessed it, my Primary IDE Channel. I'm not given an option to uninstall the SCSI/RAID Host Controller. Everything seems to be working, despite the little yellow icon...