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ASUS A7N8X SATA data corruption - Silicon Image 3112 - Serial ATA- BSOD
Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard
Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. |
Sorry, I cannot help with your problem but I wanted to thank you for the
NTFSDOS link, I am going to find it incredibly useful. For what is it worth Tom's Hardware benchmarked the SiI3112A as the fastest SATA controller out there, of course that is no comment on their mass production QA process...Do you know for sure it is not a bum drive? Good Luck, Koop -- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=905761 XP 2500+ @ 11.5*200 A7N8X DLX 2.0 2x256MB Corsair PC3200LL @ 2-2-2-6 ATI Radeon Pro 9800 WD Raptor 10K RPM SATA - WD 800JB SE Eheim 1250 w/ 1/2"ID Clearflex MCW5000+MCW50+'86 Chevette Core CPU 27C Idle 34C Full Load w/ on-die sensor "Seņor Apellido" wrote in message .. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. |
"Seņor Apellido" wrote in message
.. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. Upgrade to the latest BIOS and Sil driver (1.0.0.281) and the problem has disappeared. I had this issue with Maxtor drives with SATA/IDE adapters, switched to Seagate 120 SATA drives, upgraded the BIOS/Driver and all works fine now running RAID. Dave Melvin |
I should add: do not use the 100281 drivers, they give very poor write
speeds. "Mike Bernstein" wrote in message ... Early drivers and BIOSs gave this problem. Use the latest of each and it will go away. The latest drivers are the 10033s on the Silicon Image website: http://www.siliconimage.com/home.asp and the latest BIOS 4.2.12, which you either get with the Uber BIOS version on: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/ or modify the ASUS BIOS yourself, if you know what you are doing, using the Sil BIOS from the Silicon Image site. "Dave Melvin" wrote in message . com... "Seņor Apellido" wrote in message .. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. Upgrade to the latest BIOS and Sil driver (1.0.0.281) and the problem has disappeared. I had this issue with Maxtor drives with SATA/IDE adapters, switched to Seagate 120 SATA drives, upgraded the BIOS/Driver and all works fine now running RAID. Dave Melvin |
"Dave Melvin" wrote in message
. com... Upgrade to the latest BIOS and Sil driver (1.0.0.281) and the problem has disappeared. I had this issue with Maxtor drives with SATA/IDE adapters, switched to Seagate 120 SATA drives, upgraded the BIOS/Driver and all works fine now running RAID. Do *NOT* install the .281 driver. It cripples your write speed, and you need to MANUALLY remove it, in order to change to a different version. It was released as a temporary fix for the corruption-issue, but there's now no need for it - the corruption issue is sorted with the latest BIOS. http://web.newsguy.com/nomnet/silicon_v10029.zip is the driver you should be using. |
Seconded.
"Mike Bernstein" wrote in message ... I should add: do not use the 100281 drivers, they give very poor write speeds. "Mike Bernstein" wrote in message ... Early drivers and BIOSs gave this problem. Use the latest of each and it will go away. The latest drivers are the 10033s on the Silicon Image website: http://www.siliconimage.com/home.asp and the latest BIOS 4.2.12, which you either get with the Uber BIOS version on: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/ or modify the ASUS BIOS yourself, if you know what you are doing, using the Sil BIOS from the Silicon Image site. "Dave Melvin" wrote in message . com... "Seņor Apellido" wrote in message .. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. Upgrade to the latest BIOS and Sil driver (1.0.0.281) and the problem has disappeared. I had this issue with Maxtor drives with SATA/IDE adapters, switched to Seagate 120 SATA drives, upgraded the BIOS/Driver and all works fine now running RAID. Dave Melvin |
Seņor Apellido wrote:
Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. For what it's worth, Silicon Image claims that the problem is with the ASUS BIOS. I should not have been able to purchase a new motherboard with a known bug this severe. Maybe it is time to switch to a Mac...I just want my f**king hardware to work! |
Nom wrote:
"Seņor Apellido" wrote in message .. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). The problem is cured with the VERY LATEST BIOS. Flash it, then reformat ALL your drives, and reinstall Windows XP. Use the .29 SATA driver from here http://web.newsguy.com/nomnet/silicon_v10029.zip Other than the corrupted partition, why is it necessary to reformat all drives? |
"Seņor Apellido" wrote in message
... Nom wrote: "Seņor Apellido" wrote in message .. . Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). The problem is cured with the VERY LATEST BIOS. Flash it, then reformat ALL your drives, and reinstall Windows XP. Use the .29 SATA driver from here http://web.newsguy.com/nomnet/silicon_v10029.zip Other than the corrupted partition, why is it necessary to reformat all drives? Because you need to remove the corruption that's already present. If you want to miss out this step, then go ahead. But it's likely you'll run into problems later. |
"Seņor Apellido" wrote in message
... Seņor Apellido wrote: Hardwa ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard Drive, high quality ram, case, ps. OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers) Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive). Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash. Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024. My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A). Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS does not provide enough information to determine this. Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a second disk. NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../NTFSDOS.shtml). Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image. For what it's worth, Silicon Image claims that the problem is with the ASUS BIOS. It is, and the latest BIOS fixes it. I should not have been able to purchase a new motherboard with a known bug this severe. Er, the bug is fixed. |
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