500GB SATA II HDD probzz!!

[shanX]

My mobo is Gigabyte Ga-945GM-S2, Intel 945G chipset. Dis frnd got an hdd, Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s (WD5000AAKS). When I plugin the HDD it is takes time to finish POST and on bios it is shown as 'none', HDDs hardware id is not shown and doesnt allow the machine to boot even with anthr HDD. Frnd told it was the same with few othr machines he tried.

Is it coz its a large HDD which isnt supported by specific Bios version? *ughh flashing bioses suck

Is it coz its SATA II and my mobo SATA controller is SATA I? No jumpers to set speeds btw

Is it coz the HDD has sm bug, needs to be returned? *again its a pain in the a$$ :S

Pls feel free to express ur opinions

 

[tdevinda]

I think the problem is with the controller.

The size of the HDD is not relevent to the POST time.

Check whether the HDD works under SATA I from the vendor's specifications.

there may be a way for you to force the legacy sata interface.

 

[gayannr]

945G based mobo has ICH7 right ? so it supports SATA II , even though it doesn't there won't be a problem since SATA II HDDs are backward compatible with SATA I
So it should be a problem with the Disk

 

[malkavi]

machan sure oka mb eke awulak...poddak gigabyte site eke chek karanna bios update ekak thiyenawada kiyala okata...

 

[tdevinda]

945G based mobo has ICH7 right ? so it supports SATA II , even though it doesn't there won't be a problem since SATA II HDDs are backward compatible with SATA I
So it should be a problem with the Disk

Oh, is that so?

I din know that. Then you may be right...

well I did this stupid thing if you want to try it...


keep the SATA power disconnected at powerup (POST) and connect it in the time between the Windows logo screen (the green bar) and POST...


I did that to recover my HDD

check this out
http://tdevinda.blogspot.com/2008/08/storage-at-540-gbheart-rate-at-150-bps.html

 

[rajithakodagoda]

Ya i think its a Hdd problem .

 

[gayannr]

Oh, is that so?

I din know that. Then you may be right...

well I did this stupid thing if you want to try it...


keep the SATA power disconnected at powerup (POST) and connect it in the time between the Windows logo screen (the green bar) and POST...


I did that to recover my HDD

check this out
http://tdevinda.blogspot.com/2008/08/storage-at-540-gbheart-rate-at-150-bps.html

hehe SATA devices are hot swappable

 

[zCexVe]

hehe SATA devices are hot swappable

Only in the AHCI mode

 

[tdevinda]

hehe SATA devices are hot swappable

yes. Anusha told me that after I did that all. LoL

 

[wrasanga]

i had d same prob. dis wot i did.

Rs. 2500/= Barclays Computer unity plaza
its SATA II 3.0gbps

 

[shanX]

945G based mobo has ICH7 right ? so it supports SATA II , even though it doesn't there won't be a problem since SATA II HDDs are backward compatible with SATA I
So it should be a problem with the Disk

www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...rboard&ProductID=2331&ProductName=GA-945GM-S2

u are correct on SATA II support mate, so it leaves us to the HDD


@malkavi: bios update ekak thiyenwaw aeth, aeka nethuwama SATA II support karanawa wage mage mobo eka

@tdevinda: hahhah nyc solution, but cant risk nether my mobo nor the frnds hdd

 

[Sudantha_s]

i had d same prob. dis wot i did.

Rs. 2500/= Barclays Computer unity plaza
its SATA II 3.0gbps

mokkada me

 

[shanX]

i had d same prob. dis wot i did.

Rs. 2500/= Barclays Computer unity plaza
its SATA II 3.0gbps

Ughh I would buy an external HDD rather than that. Still I have a 10x cheaper and 10x efficient option

I have a 2 way sata-ide converter adapter, but i dint try dis thing on dis hdd, shud try it, frnd took it to check on sm PCs, anwy no positive response frm him, so seems lyk he's gonna return it, but shud try dis adapter as last resort

 

[filenetworks]

i had d same prob. dis wot i did.

Rs. 2500/= Barclays Computer unity plaza
its SATA II 3.0gbps

But you dont really get 3.0gbps transfer speed through this rt? From what it looks like it goes into the PCI slot? So technically it will trasnfer data at the maximum speed a PCI slot can operate at ( which is slower than Sata2 speeds).

 

[shanX]

But you dont really get 3.0gbps transfer speed through this rt? From what it looks like it goes into the PCI slot? So technically it will trasnfer data at the maximum speed a PCI slot can operate at ( which is slower than Sata2 speeds).

Heh heh yep, max 133mb/s afaik on a normal pci slot

 

[Jim_pappa]

 

[wrasanga]

Heh heh yep, max 133mb/s afaik on a normal pci slot

yes bro. ur rt. now they have PCI-x versions. thin it might help. its goes on $12+free shipping in ebay.

 

[shanX]

yes bro. ur rt. now they have PCI-x versions. thin it might help. its goes on $12+free shipping in ebay.

hmm

seems lyk we'd hav to return the hdd :S

 

[wrasanga]

hmm

seems lyk we'd hav to return the hdd :S

wot is d shop?

 

[shanX]

wot is d shop?

nt in cmb