SATA problems on Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939

[Shade4ever]

I built a computer for my younger brother for Christmas, and after much fighting I have gotten it into some semblance of stability...but there are two problems I would like to resolve if possible. His system is as follows:

A64 3500+
GB K8NSNXP-939 motherboard
ATI X800 Pro
300 GB SATA HDD
2x 512MB Corsair PC3200 ValueSelect RAM

The first is related to SATA detection on bootup: on a cold boot, everything is detected and runs, windows loads, etc. etc. If the machine is rebooted in any way other than a power-button-off/power-button-on, it will not find the SATA drive until it is power cycled again (as above). I have the drive attached to the nVidia onboard SATA, not the SiL RAID connector (I was initally trying to use this and had a whole world of other problems). Is there a setting for "Detect HDD after warm boot" that I have missed somewhere?

The second problem is related to the RAM - I understand from what I have read and experienced that this system will run in Dual Channel Mode -as it currently is- approoximately two days after hell freezes over; however, even in single channel mode I cannot get it to run the RAM faster than 100 MHz (200 DDR according to the BIOS). If I try to increase the current running speed through the CTRL-F1 menu additions the PC simply hangs and eventually boots in the 100MHz mode again.

Any suggestions would be most welcome, I have been fighting with this system since the 20th.

 

[Shade4ever]

Just realized this should probably be under Tech Support, sorry about that. Even so, help from here or there would be very much appreciated.

 

[countnegative]

I've heaving exactly the same problems.

That's tough, because it could mean the combination gives problems, and simply ask for another one at the store wouldn't help.

Or did you solve the problem already?

 

[starsys]

Hello sorry for my english but I'm french.
I'm experiencing exactly the same problems with gigabyte K8NXP-SLI and maxtor SATA 250 Go disk.
I know the way to make your hdd functionnal.
Unfortunately it's not an easy way for an all day use...
When the pc starts, just unplug and replug the sata power of the disk.
It will be suddenly detected...
I'm trying to find a way to clear that with maxtor and gigabyte. The current answer I receiveid is only bullshit...
What's your hardware installation ?
I thinks it comes from gigabyte. I allready have the last bios...

 

[Joony]

Same problem with my friend's K8NS Ultra, his SATA one is very hard to boot off of. It keeps being moved down the hard drive boot list!

 

[countnegative]

Yes I have the K8NS Ultra aswel.

So both the gigabyte K8NS Ultra and K8NSNXP (all nforce sata) seem to have problems with daimondmax 10 250/300 gig drive's.

please al of you send this problem to gigabyte, so they know about it.

 

[starsys]

Did you tried to plug and unplug the power of the disk during boot up ?
I still not have any correct answer from gigabyte...

 

[countnegative]

No what use could that be?

I haven't got a usefull answer neither.