Why is Sandra 2002 not working now?

[NOX]

Sandra 2002 used to work on my system, but since I installed my RAID setup it doesn't want to run. It will freeze me whole comp, the only thing that will work is my mouse, but I can't select anything else, not even the task manager will respond.

What gives?

 

[NOX]

There must be someone who had this problem?

 

[NOX]

Sorry but need to bring this back up. Still can't figure out why Sandra won?t work. Abit TH7-RAID0... it takes only seconds then everything will start to lock-up. I'm not sure if I should let it go for a while, but I usually end up hitting the reset button before anything. What should I do? I tried uninstalling like 4 times, using pro, standard etc...

Worked fine on the older system, VC822/P31GHz.

 

[NOX]

ttt

 

[joinT]

try doing just single tests.. avoid any hard drive based test..

or - try the HD based test first & if it crashes again, then there's your problem
raid chips that are installed into mobo's are generally pretty weak (might allow just stripping or stripping & mirroring, but not just mirroring)

what chipset is it based on ?

 

[NOX]

i850... the problem is I can't even get to that point... it'll freeze a few seconds after I start sandra.

 

[joinT]

ouch.. man that sounds wierd.. do any other programs freeze at all ?

 

[NOX]

Originally posted by: joinT
ouch.. man that sounds wierd.. do any other programs freeze at all ?

No, this is the only program, which is doing this. It all started once I implemented the RAID0 setup, before that it was running without any problems... not sure what the RAID has to do with this problem?

 

[tweakr]

Hey Guys,

Have had this problem also, found this on sisoftware's site :
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Q: Sandra locks up at splash screen in Windows 200X!
A: Check the drivers for the ATA controllers and/or SCSI host adapters. Specifically:

A HighPoint (HPT370) ATA controller: make sure you're using the 1.2.0612 or later drivers (not the 1.1.xxx drivers). Also, update the ATA controller BIOS to the latest version.
Adaptec/Roxio WinOnCD 3.x: uninstall the CD-ROM emulator device driver or disable it.
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I've tried updating to the latest HighPoint drivers, but cannot upgrade the bios since it is an on-board Highpoint (Epox 4BDA2+). You may have more luck if you have an add-on card, because I remember having this problem with my old BX133-RAID, and fixing it by updating the mobo bios (which updates the Highpoint bios too).

Ah well, it's worth a shot
cheers
tweakr

 

[NOX]

Originally posted by: tweakr
Hey Guys,

Have had this problem also, found this on sisoftware's site :
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Q: Sandra locks up at splash screen in Windows 200X!
A: Check the drivers for the ATA controllers and/or SCSI host adapters. Specifically:

A HighPoint (HPT370) ATA controller: make sure you're using the 1.2.0612 or later drivers (not the 1.1.xxx drivers). Also, update the ATA controller BIOS to the latest version.
Adaptec/Roxio WinOnCD 3.x: uninstall the CD-ROM emulator device driver or disable it.
---

I've tried updating to the latest HighPoint drivers, but cannot upgrade the bios since it is an on-board Highpoint (Epox 4BDA2+). You may have more luck if you have an add-on card, because I remember having this problem with my old BX133-RAID, and fixing it by updating the mobo bios (which updates the Highpoint bios too).

Ah well, it's worth a shot
cheers
tweakr

Duh!!! Hahaha... great! Thanks, that did the trick! I updated the drivers and from 1.1 to 2.0... and everthing is working now! My bios is the latest (ABIT-TH7II RAID), so didn't need to update the bios.

Thanks!