hard drive problem

[svasutin]

the good thing about nVidia ide/sata/raid drivers are, it makes your system run faster, the bad thing is, it's not always compatible and does cause crashes. Works for some (especially software used for benchmarking), but causes problems for much more.... Your's seems to be the first case I've heard of when dealing with SATA alone.

As for your Event errors, I forgot to write, right-click each event, then clear your log, click no when prompted to save. This way you can pinpoint the exact one.

You know, from all the errors I was getting from nVidia, I started pointing my clients towards boards with the VIA chipset; my clients are educated about updating. Although, now with the kt8xxxx not supporting AMD x2's, a bug in the chipset, I'm wondering if I should stick with VIA (no dual, but less strange problems)

[Langlest]

i just got the error again when trying to play baldurs gate 2

this is the error that came up

Stop: 0x000000fc (0xaeba18c4,0x30f56163,0xaeba1800,0x00000001)

[svasutin]

here you go:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;878474

[Langlest]

here you go:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;878474

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i tried to follow the steps in the link but the Mpegport.sys driver was not in my list

my problem seems to have got worse since i added another gig of ram

[svasutin]

I just want to be clear,

You modified your boot.ini to have

/noexecute=alwaysoff

And then reInstalled your drivers (less the nVidia ATA/IDE).

One other question: If you are using a slip CD, did you apply any Reg entries to mod the default services?

Edited August 19, 2005 by svasutin

[Langlest]

I just want to be clear,

You modified your boot.ini to have

/noexecute=alwaysoff

And then reInstalled your drivers (less the nVidia ATA/IDE).

One other question: If you are using a slip CD, did you apply any Reg entries to mod the default services?

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i dont actually know where to find the boot ini

and i dont know what a slip CD is i feel kinda stupid but for now i have removed my large hdd and done a fresh install of windows

if you could help me out with a quick tutorial on how to do what you said i would be very grateful,thats if you have the time B)

[svasutin]

Well, don't worry about your boot.ini.

What is the brand and power rating of your power supply? It could be that you power supply cannot handle all the drives and video card in your system. This issue would show up when XP needs to request information from a drive, and hence the drives spin up, but your power supply can't handle all your devices.

Also, who makes your motherboard, and what model?

With 2 GBs of RAM I don't think it is a windows issue; if it was 3, then I'd consider the memory a potential problem.

i didnt install any sata drivers because i dont have a floppy drive

So how do you install Windows? Without a floppy, and without some kind of slip CD, you should not be able to install windows.

[Langlest]

Well, don't worry about your boot.ini.

What is the brand and power rating of your power supply?  It could be that you power supply cannot handle all the drives and video card in your system.  This issue would show up when XP needs to request information from a drive, and hence the drives spin up, but your power supply can't handle all your devices.

Also, who makes your motherboard, and what model?

With 2 GBs of RAM I don't think it is a windows issue; if it was 3, then I'd consider the memory a potential problem.

i didnt install any sata drivers because i dont have a floppy drive

So how do you install Windows? Without a floppy, and without some kind of slip CD, you should not be able to install windows.

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i used my xp cd to install the os (is this a slip cd?)

my motherboard is a Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI

and my power supply is a Thermaltake PurePower 560w

[ssmokee]

i didnt install any sata drivers because i dont have a floppy drive

So how do you install Windows? Without a floppy, and without some kind of slip CD, you should not be able to install windows.

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The native nvidia S-ATA on nf4 ultra/sli boards do not require drivers during windows installation.

[ssmokee]

and my power supply is a Thermaltake PurePower 560w

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That PS should be adequate. You should check to see what your temps and voltages are like at idle and load, if you havent already. A program like motherboard monitor or speedfan would let you do that.

[svasutin]

You know, I seem to remember something from tomshardware.com about and issue with sli boards.

In the mean time, I'm thinking,...

[Langlest]

i was still getting bsod after i removed the hard drive so i have given up on that mobo now,i just bought one of these instead B)

thanks for all the help,i only hope i dont need more when i put this one in