todd Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I have a new ASUS board - and it won't recognize my new SATA drive. There's an option on the board to do a low level format through the RAID controller, but it only gets about 10% through then stops. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/index.php Don't know if there is anything here, Todd, but ABXZone, above, might have some info - in the drive section or the chipset sections, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frez Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 What ASUS board do you have Todd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/index.php Don't know if there is anything here, Todd, but ABXZone, above, might have some info - in the drive section or the chipset sections, perhaps. 177711[/snapback] Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Nothing more frustrating than new geek stuff that won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 What ASUS board do you have Todd? 177712[/snapback] A7N8X-E Deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frez Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Todd, are the SATA drives that much faster than the ATA drives? I'm thinking about jumping to one of them (upgrade fever). Do you have a power supply that is SATA ready or do you have the adapter cable? Just curious........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 Todd, are the SATA drives that much faster than the ATA drives? I'm thinking about jumping to one of them (upgrade fever). Do you have a power supply that is SATA ready or do you have the adapter cable?Just curious........ 177720[/snapback] I think the 10000 RPM ones are. That's what I have. I have a new PS with native SATA support. As far as speed goes, I'm expecting it will be faster since the HD I/O is the biggest bottleneck at this point for most systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 see if there is anything on this asus support page you can use asus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Todd Id love to help you but I know nothing of sata. Only thing I could ask is do you have the latest bios for the mobo? I go to this site all the time for amd related help. On a quick glance I couldnt find anything relating to your problem but maybe you can find something. Join the forums and ask Im sure someone will help you. http://www.amdmb.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 Update: Tried formatting a regular IDE drive. Only got through 30% - just like my SATA drive. I figure something is overheating and stopping it. Odd stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 It's the cowbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky46 Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Todd sounds like something is wrong with the motherboard. Just make sure you are not doing a low level format because they can be tricky. I have the same exact board and a Seagate 120GB SATA Drive and the only problems I had was that I had to press F6 during the format and install of Windows XP to install the SATA drivers. The board supports SATA but not natively so the board thinks this is SCSI drive. You must hit F6 real quick to install the drivers or install will fail because the drive cannot be seen. Check with ASUS however, their tech support in my opinion was very good when I built my 2 pc's this year. Seems odd that both HD formats would fail during format considering that these drive types are on 2 different areas of the board. Merry Christmas to you and everybody on the Board!!! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 There have been a couple times I have trouble formating drives. Once the jumper on the hd was on the wrong pins. Another time, while not messing up on the actual format, it was blue screening on me ont he XP install. That was due to bad memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Is your mobo bus frequency set to the same as the memory frequency in your BIOS? I have that board and noticed it tried to default to the full capability of my Ram and didn't initially match the Mobo bus speed. Also , is that a "primary" HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 For all who care, I figured it out. I have a new vid card that I installed on the mobo in the process of building the machine. ATI Raedon all-in-wonder 9800 Pro. Anyway, there's a cooling fan on it, and there was a wire hitting the center part of the fan and slowing it down. The card would overheat because it was getting too hot - the fan wasn't spinning fast enough. That's why the SATA drive wouldn't format, and all kinds of odd stuff would happen during install. As soon as I fixed that, everything was great! I highly recommend the 10,000 RPM SATA drives. Screaming fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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