- Feb 13, 2003
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I ordered some parts from NewEgg (these parts) and put everything together last night.
I put my XP CD and boot from that which then went through the setup program. It was sort of slow but I didn't think too much for it. I got Windows installed and started installing drivers when the computer started acting slow and at points locking up for a bit while a driver package unzipped.
Anyway, I try re-installing Windows again because I thought maybe I had installed a wrong chipset driver and when it got to the format partition option in Windows setup it ended by saying it can't read the partition and that it might be damaged or check the connections.
Connections are fine and I switched SATA ports. There was a jumper on the drive that limits the transfer to 1.5GB/s, I tried it with that on or off. Tried switching between SATA IDE/Native and Legacy in BIOS, still no dice.
I also checked CPU temps to make sure it wasn't overheating for some reason (wasn't overclocked) and they were fine.
Needless to say I'm pissed. Should I just send the drive back?
Seagate drive in question
I put my XP CD and boot from that which then went through the setup program. It was sort of slow but I didn't think too much for it. I got Windows installed and started installing drivers when the computer started acting slow and at points locking up for a bit while a driver package unzipped.
Anyway, I try re-installing Windows again because I thought maybe I had installed a wrong chipset driver and when it got to the format partition option in Windows setup it ended by saying it can't read the partition and that it might be damaged or check the connections.
Connections are fine and I switched SATA ports. There was a jumper on the drive that limits the transfer to 1.5GB/s, I tried it with that on or off. Tried switching between SATA IDE/Native and Legacy in BIOS, still no dice.
I also checked CPU temps to make sure it wasn't overheating for some reason (wasn't overclocked) and they were fine.
Needless to say I'm pissed. Should I just send the drive back?
Seagate drive in question