Re: harddrive problems

From: PEACEMAKER (do.not.email_at_yo.mamas.hairy.ass.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:16:25 -0400

forgot to add, I have a 450W powersupply, open case and the hds haven't
shown any disk problems. I didn't run a full scan because of the controller
issues

"PEACEMAKER" <do.not.email@yo.mamas.hairy.ass.com> wrote in message
news:uwDAhvHWEHA.3640@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> it is a PCI promise ultra 133 tx2 card with the .42 driver. Related
> question, would it possible to get an AMD motherboard that supports all my
6
> ide drives without the extra PCI controller? Everywhere I look most
> motherboard only support up to 4 ide devices. I've seen others with SATA
> raid but I don't have SATA drives
>
> IRQ LIST
> --------
> IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
> IRQ 3 NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management OK
> IRQ 21 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
> IRQ 21 NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller OK
> IRQ 22 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
> IRQ 22 NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface OK
> IRQ 20 NVIDIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller OK
> IRQ 18 Hauppauge WinTV 878/9 WDM Video Driver OK
> IRQ 11 Hauppauge WinTV 878/9 WDM Aux Driver OK
> IRQ 16 WinXP Promise Ultra133 TX2 (tm) IDE Controller OK
> IRQ 14 NVIDIA NForce 2(tm) SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK
> IRQ 15 NVIDIA NForce 2(tm) SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK
> IRQ 19 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X OK
> IRQ 0 System timer OK
> IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
> IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
> IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
> IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
> IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK
> IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
> IRQ 10 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device OK
>
>
> Conflicts/Sharing
> -----------------
> Resource Device
> I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
> I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller
>
> I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
> I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>
> IRQ 21 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
> IRQ 21 NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
>
> IRQ 22 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
> IRQ 22 NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
>
> Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
> Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>
> Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
> Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
> Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>
> I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
> I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>
> Memory Address 0xDC000000-0xDCFFFFFF PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
> Memory Address 0xDC000000-0xDCFFFFFF Hauppauge WinTV 878/9 WDM Video
Driver
>
> I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000DFFF PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
> I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000DFFF WinXP Promise Ultra133 TX2 (tm) IDE
> Controller
>
> Memory Address 0xDD000000-0xDEFFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
> Memory Address 0xDD000000-0xDEFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:fiZBc.9892$bs4.6878@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > Which Promise controller are you using ?, Is it an on-board
> > motherboard controller or an add-in PCI card.
> >
> > Windows identifies the Promise as a SCSI controller which
> > is normal. You may have issues with IRQ mapping. The
> > normal IDE0/IDE1 are going to use IRQ's #14 & #15. You
> > need to check and see how the Promise controller IRQ(s)
> > are mapped. IRQ's have a native priority handling order. IF
> > the promise uses a lower priority interrupt, you may have
> > problems with PCI Bus contention. It's likely that XP has
> > the Promise controller using IRQ #10 which is common for
> > SCSI controllers.
> >
> > I would do a Chkdsk /R on all your drives, just to make sure
> > no disk errors are present.
> >
> > Just a FYI: with that number of Drives in your system you
> > may need a heftier power supply and possibly some additional
> > cooling.
> >
> > "PEACEMAKER" <do.not.email@yo.mamas.hairy.ass.com> wrote in message
> > news:O9ffhYHWEHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > here is my drive config
> > >
> > > ide0: 20gig maxtor - drive c
> > > ide0-secondary: 40gig WD drive d (windows installation)
> > > ide1: 40gig ibm - drive e (swap is on this drive)
> > > ide1-secondary - cd burner
> > >
> > > promise controller
> > > slot0: 80gig maxtor - drive j
> > > slot1: 120gig maxtor - drive k
> > >
> > >
> > > now sometimes when drive j is busy (copying files or viewing
thumbnails)
> > the
> > > system will freeze up sometimes I'll have to reboot because explorer
> just
> > > gets stuck while existing apps run just fine. The event viewer shows
> > >
> > > Error: The device, \Device\Scsi\ultra1, did not respond within the
> timeout
> > > period.
> > > Warning: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a
> > paging
> > > operation.
> > >
> > > about 30 seconds later (this is probably when I notice the freeze)
> > >
> > > Error: The device, \Device\Scsi\ultra1, is not ready for access yet.
> > > Error: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\D.
> > >
> > > Now I'm not sure wtf is going on here and which drive is bad, if any
> drive
> > > is bad at all. The names windows gives the drives is sort of stupid I
> > can't
> > > figure out which drives are causing the errors. Or which controller
(the
> > one
> > > on motherboard or the promise controller). I know this happens when
I'm
> > > using drive j (I don't use drive k that much to notice anything) but
> what
> > is
> > > \Device\Harddisk0\D? is it my drive D and why would it give me
problems
> > when
> > > I'm using drive j? the swap file is on drive e
> > >
> > > my mobo is asus with nvidia chipset
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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