NF7-S Disk Read Error

Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
edited September 2003 in Hardware
I recently got an NF7-S and everything seems to boot up fine except it gives an error saying "Disk Read Error". Its a 60 gig maxtor that I pulled from my old system and it is recognized in the BIOS and during boot up. I have it connected through IDE not SATA. Anyone know what's going on?

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  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    So are you saying it works fine, and gets into Windows okay and everything, it's just you get this annoying error message on boot?

    If so, then try changing your IDE cable, and make sure all your jumper settings are correct. e.g If it is a stand alone drive on the IDE channel, make sure it's set to Cable select and not Master.

    Also, make sure the BIOS is set to boot from the standard PATA controller e.g HDD-0 and not the SATA controller. That is, if you're not using it.
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited August 2003
    I can't get in to Windows at all. I just meant that it's recognized properly during boot but then it brings up this error message and says i have to restart. I double checked everything you said spinner but still same thing.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    the nf7-s came witha serial ata adapter give that a try if it gets the same error on the serial ata i dunno what to tell yas
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited August 2003
    I've tried SATA but I get a different message saying that Windows could not be accessed because of a hardware configuration problem.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited August 2003
    Check your cable's connection. Check jumper settings.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    im thinking...put the HD back in ur old system...if it works there...use it...if it doesnt...RMA the harddrive..it miught have fux0red up during the movement
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Nolf,

    Can you be a little more specified what more stuff you have there? Bios for example? That corruption is a well known problem on earlier bios and since you dont tell us what bios you use, i can only guess that the bios is the case.

    Specs of bios 19:

    Please use AWDFLASH 8.23D or later to update NF7 series BIOS. With incorrect AWDFLASH version, the GUID will be erased, and leads to IEEE1394 peer to peer function failure. AWDFLASH 8.23K is included in this BIOS package.
    Fixed CPU temperature too high issue.
    Raised highest CPU FSB up to 300 MHz for "user define mode" in SoftMenu.
    Fixed SATA RAID-0 data corruption issue by adding a new option "EXT-P2P's Discard Time" in "integrated Peripherals". The default setting is "30 us" ; which is recommended by NVidia. In case the problem is still there, try "1 ms" please.
    BIOS Compile Date: 5/13/2003.


    Look at the SATA fix there. It says that in Raid 0 this happen, but i know for a fact that this can happen with a single drive as well.

    Check also that the adapter is properly inserted in the harddrive. Mine has a nasty habit of slipping out and results in a non-accessed drive.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Is it possible that you had that HD is a system with a completely different chipset and Windows just won't load? Can it be that simple. Try doing a "Repair install" if XP or just F-disk it and start from scratch.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    Uhhh yeah you cant just swap HDDs and expect Windows to work on another system.
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited August 2003
    From what I've found out it appears that since I used the hd with a VIA based board previously (Asus A7m266) that I'm going to have to reformat the drive. Does anyone know if an xp repair install will fix this problem?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    a7m266 is AMD. ;)

    Repair install will most likely work.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    What? so you're saying that the hard drive in question has an installation of Windows on it from a previous system? No wonder it doesn't work. I presumed that you were talking about a drive which was either blank or just full of odd files which you were using to compliment an existing drive which was already on that system, the latter being the one which was running Windows.

    You can't just yank one installation of Windows off one PC and then expect it to run fine on an other. I mean it can be done, but it's hardly recommended. You need to format the hard drive in question, removing the installation of Windows, and then re-install it my friend.

    I apologise for some of us misunderstanding, we presumed you knew you couldn't (in all practicality) hot swap an OS.

    Format, re-install, and it should all work fine. Or alternatively if you have programs you don't want to re-install, do as other folk have suggested and try a repair install.

    Let us know how you get on.

    Cheers
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited August 2003
    Thrax said
    a7m266 is AMD. ;)

    Repair install will most likely work.
    Via chipset you goon :rolleyes:
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Mack thats the new bios for the version 2.0?? If so /me goes and DL's
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited August 2003
    Bios 19 is for 1.2... the 2.0 version is still at bios 18 http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bios/bios_revision1.php?categories=1&model=124
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    got me all excited!
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Al_Capown said
    Thrax said
    a7m266 is AMD. ;)

    Repair install will most likely work.
    Via chipset you goon :rolleyes:
    Al,

    Look again!
    Asus mobos use the letter in the midde to identify the chipset used on a model number.

    A = Ali-Magic
    N = Nvidia
    S = SIS
    V = VIA

    In this case A= socket-A, 7=processor series, M= AMD chipset, 266 = memory bus speed. :thumbsup:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Al_Capown said
    Thrax said
    a7m266 is AMD. ;)

    Repair install will most likely work.
    Via chipset you goon :rolleyes:

    Way to be an ass and fail at making a point you goon :rolleyes:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Al_Capown said
    Thrax said
    a7m266 is AMD. ;)

    Repair install will most likely work.
    Via chipset you goon :rolleyes:

    Oh geez...so wrong.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    pwned!
  • Nolf-JobNolf-Job Inside each and every one of you!
    edited September 2003
    XP Repair worked fine.
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