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>
> Maybe you really have just been 'unlucky' and Maxtor should be replacing
the
> drive for you. RMA again. I've assumed that you tried the obvious, like
> replacing the IDE cable - or at least re-plugging it to clean the
contacts.
> I guess the error code you are getting from MaxBlast means something
> specific and if it has found a genuine problem then the drive is truely
> faulty.
I believe the drive is faulty.
I am also getting a steady stream of e-mails from other users of the 6Y120P0
that have had their drives die within minutes or days of installing it.
Looks like this drive model has a major problem. I wish those people had
answered my earlier question about reliable drives, as I would have avoided
this model. Hindsight is always 20/20.
> As far as the chipset driver is concerned, have you tried using the latest
> driver from the m/board or chipset manufacturers ? If you are running
> ATA-66 or ATA-100 then it will most probably be worthwhile, as would the
> best IDE cables you can get.
> Other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.
> Kevin.
I have some interesting problems with chipset drivers holding back from
upgrading to SP3 or SP4. I found out that Gigabyte still has the same driver
version since 2 years ago as the latest. I'm using that version. I cannot
run SP3 or SP4. I think I need SP3 for the WD 160 GB drive to support 48 bit
LBA. But I tried updating to SP4 last month so that I could install a very
important application that won't install on SP2, and having done so, found
that my RAID array would freeze the entire system when reading but not when
writing. I could not even play a video stream--it was 3-4 seconds of play,
20 seconds of frozen system (even the mouse pointer), 3-4 more seconds of
play, 20 seconds freeze, etc. Went back to SP2, and the problem went away.
But I need to install my application, so I MUST solve the RAID
incompatibility with SP3/4.
Curiously, I have the next newer model (7DXR+) from Gigabyte on my other
computer and it has a different RAID chip that supports ATA133. It's running
on SP4 and it's fine.
I think the WD drive's asymmetrical read/write performance may be due to not
having SP3 or greater. It may be addressing the drive in some less direct
way, lacking the 48-bit LBA addressing in SP2, thus slowing the reads?
That's my hunch.
So I have a catch 22 here. Upgrade Windows, lose the RAID. Don't upgrade,
lose the software and the primary hard drive performance.
Gigabyte has been zero help with this problem so far. And communicating with
them is a pain in the *ss because they don't give an e-mail that you can
reply to--you have to use a lengthy web form each time. Been tackling this
for two weeks now.
--
Take care,
Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
Business sites at:
www.dv-clips.com
www.mwcomms.com
www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
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>
> Maybe you really have just been 'unlucky' and Maxtor should be replacing
the
> drive for you. RMA again. I've assumed that you tried the obvious, like
> replacing the IDE cable - or at least re-plugging it to clean the
contacts.
> I guess the error code you are getting from MaxBlast means something
> specific and if it has found a genuine problem then the drive is truely
> faulty.
I believe the drive is faulty.
I am also getting a steady stream of e-mails from other users of the 6Y120P0
that have had their drives die within minutes or days of installing it.
Looks like this drive model has a major problem. I wish those people had
answered my earlier question about reliable drives, as I would have avoided
this model. Hindsight is always 20/20.
> As far as the chipset driver is concerned, have you tried using the latest
> driver from the m/board or chipset manufacturers ? If you are running
> ATA-66 or ATA-100 then it will most probably be worthwhile, as would the
> best IDE cables you can get.
> Other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.
> Kevin.
I have some interesting problems with chipset drivers holding back from
upgrading to SP3 or SP4. I found out that Gigabyte still has the same driver
version since 2 years ago as the latest. I'm using that version. I cannot
run SP3 or SP4. I think I need SP3 for the WD 160 GB drive to support 48 bit
LBA. But I tried updating to SP4 last month so that I could install a very
important application that won't install on SP2, and having done so, found
that my RAID array would freeze the entire system when reading but not when
writing. I could not even play a video stream--it was 3-4 seconds of play,
20 seconds of frozen system (even the mouse pointer), 3-4 more seconds of
play, 20 seconds freeze, etc. Went back to SP2, and the problem went away.
But I need to install my application, so I MUST solve the RAID
incompatibility with SP3/4.
Curiously, I have the next newer model (7DXR+) from Gigabyte on my other
computer and it has a different RAID chip that supports ATA133. It's running
on SP4 and it's fine.
I think the WD drive's asymmetrical read/write performance may be due to not
having SP3 or greater. It may be addressing the drive in some less direct
way, lacking the 48-bit LBA addressing in SP2, thus slowing the reads?
That's my hunch.
So I have a catch 22 here. Upgrade Windows, lose the RAID. Don't upgrade,
lose the software and the primary hard drive performance.
Gigabyte has been zero help with this problem so far. And communicating with
them is a pain in the *ss because they don't give an e-mail that you can
reply to--you have to use a lengthy web form each time. Been tackling this
for two weeks now.
--
Take care,
Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
Business sites at:
www.dv-clips.com
www.mwcomms.com
www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
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