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Sn8kbordin
2nd May 2006, 05:06
EDIT: Referring to http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=788170#post788170

Is there a fix like that for SATA drives?

One of my SATA2 drives on RAID0 array keeps on changing into PIO mode. After that XP becomes very unstable. One time it run a CHKDSK on bootup and damaged that partition so I could only format it in XP, but was able to slowly recover data with some utilities.
I have Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, with nForce4 chipset. Hard drives that this happens to, or only one, are new Seagate 300GB SATA2. Win Xp Pro SP2
HardwareGeek
2nd May 2006, 07:24
One of my SATA2 drives on RAID0 array keeps on changing into PIO modeI can't find a PIO/UDMA setting on my own RAID0 volume, like I can for my optical drives. I'm using Intel RAID. Had never considered UDMA a part of SATA, though.
Sn8kbordin
2nd May 2006, 22:55
I think it might be bad HDD since it only happens for one drive (even though its RAID0 and 2 of them are added together for 1 big drive, in device menager, under RAID controller, they are seperate). I switched cable from one to the other, and it happened on another SATA2 port, but still same HDD.
But I still didn't lose any data, they work fine when they work, and only XP gets unstable, and unbootable. When I unplug them and wait couple of hours, its back to normal
HardwareGeek
3rd May 2006, 05:12
in device menager, under RAID controller, they are seperateThis is so weird. In my Device Manager, the two drives are listed as one.
Sn8kbordin
3rd May 2006, 06:50
This is so weird. In my Device Manager, the two drives are listed as one.
Under "Drives" yes, but in the properties of the RAID0 controller they are seperate.
HardwareGeek
3rd May 2006, 07:27
Ditto with the properties of the RAID controller. No mention of PIO, or of two distinct drives. Keep in mind that mine is Intel RAID.