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Sata and Data Corruption
My system continues to have data corruption issues with the large
drives. Initially, Windows XP gave me a "Windows - Write Delay Error" on an external 200 GB hard drive. The hard drive in question is a Seagate 200 GB 7200 rpm ATA in a Speeze enclosure 350ufl (firewire). After running most software utilities (defrag, chkdisk, and anti-virus) and re-partition some other drives, the error message went away. I continued my research about the scenario and focused on using my other two internal 200 GB Western Digital SATA drives. Shortly thereafter, data corruption became apparent on the SATA drive. Now, this situation made me FREAK OUT. I have never experience data corruption in my 15 years using computers. The A7NX8 board has been in use for over a year without a major problem like data corruption. My data is highly sensitive and backups are only so useful. Imagine re-digitize hours of footage. The time spent on this problem does not allow me to make money and purchase more upgrades. Upon further research (Links below), the problems relates to these particular scenarios. System Memory greater than 512 Meg. (1 gigabyte of RAM is common) Large NTFS disk volumes. And multiple large volumes. (60-100 gigabyte hard drives possibly in RAID arrays) AGP graphics with large AGP resource requirements (AGP aperture greater than default) Large file transfers Yes, these conditions apply to my setup. In addition, A7NX8 and the Silicon Image SATA controller 3112 are prone to this scenario. Not with standing, some people with ATI 9800 video card have experienced this scenario as well. Thing I have done - Flash the A7N8X bios to 1007 - Upgrade the SATA drivers (bios v4.2.27) - System Cache option is NOT selected for Memory usage. - Adjusted the SystemPages (generated more problems for me) - Read countless messages on the topic - Nothing seems to work Fortunately, my system boots from an old 60 GB IDE. The data corruption only applies to the large drives over 137 gigs whether from Western Digital or Seagate. The Seagate drive could be external or internal, yet experience data corruption. These problems seem to be with Windows XP and badly written drivers. Microsoft shoves blame on the component vendors. The component vendors blame the software developers. But I plan to hold each vendor responsible until the problem is resolved to my expectation. I plan on posting on every forum and newsgroup; so people know the risks associated with large drive and SATA. Excuse my crossposting, but if one person avoids this situation then I have served my duty. Please if you have any insight let me know. First, how do I recovery data from these drives? Second, how do I prevent data corruption and transfer large files? Third, how I test to ensure reliability? Delayed Write Failed on USB 2.0 hard disk http://forums.viaarena.com/messagevi...&STARTPAGE= 1 Data corruption may occur if the Large System Cache feature is enabled in Windows XP http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4217.html Delayed Write Failed / Error - FINALLY SORTED OUT! http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/22061/ OS - Windows XP Pro SP 1 (Full install) | Processor - Athlon Barton 2600+ | Motherboard - Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe | Bios - 1007Dv2.0-Uber | Power Supply - Antec 430W True Power | CoolMaster WaveMaster | Memory - 2x 512 MB DDR PC2700: Crucial and Kingston ValueRam | Hard Drive - 60GB and 30GB Western Digital 7200 rpm, 2 x 200 GB Western Digital SATA 7200 rpm | Lite-On DVD+-R/RW | Sony CRX220E | Video Card - Matrox G400 AGP | Sound - Soundblaster Live! Platinum | Modem - Zoom Faxmodem v.42 (3025) Silicon.Image.Serial.ATA.driver.v1.0.0.29 nVidia nForce MCP2 IDE Contoller |
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