MAXTOR 120GB 8MB SATA

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm concerned I discovered a comptability problem between the mainbord MSI 655 MAX and the harddisk of
MAXTOR 120GB 8MB SATA (7200/150) 6Y120M0.

I think the problem is situated on the Promise PDC 20376 SATA Raid Onboard Controller.

The problem raised when I connected this one harddisk to the mainbord. After booting, the system detects
that a HDD is connected to one of the Serial connectors. When pressing Ctrl - F, I enter the Fast-Track Build
Menu. I have choosen for the first option (Automatic create an Array). I receive an error that something
went wrong by creating the error and that the system will reboot. Even when I try to create the array
manually through the Define Array Menu, I receive the same error.

Personnaly I think that I can not connect only one SATA HDD to the Promise Controller eventhough the
manual of the mainbord and the manual of Promise Controller tells me this is possible. I have also
contacted Promise but they do not support the product because it is integrated on a mainbord from another
supplier.

This is my configuration:

- MB 655 Max met Raid
- Intel P4 2.4 Gig 533Mhz
- 512MB Corsair Twinmos Valueselect DDR PC2700
- MAXTOR 120GB 8MB SATA (7200/150) 6Y120M0.

I have been sending this to MSI support in Holland and Taiwan for more than two week but the only response I do get is some automated replies.

Anyone has some suggestions to solve this problem?

 

[bebo77]

Hi I've an ASUS P4PE whit the promise PDC20376 controller onboard and two weeks ago i've bought the Maxtor 6Y120MO.
I connected only this drive to the controller onboard but i had no problem.
The first time i start my system a skip the contoller bios.
Windows found the drive but didn't let me possibility to format or partition it.
I restart the system i press CTRL-F and I create (Automatic option) an Array RAID 0 64Kb block size and now the drive function as well.
So there are not compatibility problem between Maxtor 6Y120MO and promise controllers.
The only thing i can tell you is chek hard disk is set as Master (see jumper near SATA connector on the drive) and check if you use the connector SATA 1 (you use SATA 2 only if you have 2 disk in the array).
this is how my maxtor is connected...
I hope you find a solution

 

[Guest]

I have checked the Maxtor website and no jumper needs to be set for a SATA hard drive. So the error, I discribed has to be something else.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by sanoj21 on 09/05/03 10:26 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[jmecor]

how come there's now jumper included in the HDD.

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