"Bob I" wrote:
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> Eric Nicholson wrote:
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> > "Bob I" wrote:
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> >>Eric Nicholson wrote:
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> >>>I have recently re-installed a harddrive which I replaced a while back. The
> >>>primary purpose of the 2nd harddrive is to function as a pagefile (partition
> >>>0)and program cache (partition 1) drive. I have faith that the drive and
> >>>cable are both good and I have run chkdsk on it. It's installed on the
> >>>secondary IDE channel as slave (cable select). The system is homebuilt
> >>>P4P800 SE, 2GB memory, Win XP SP2 with all pertinent updates. System hard
> >>>drive is SATA.
> >>>
> >>>I was having problems where, upon resuming from standby, I would get a delay
> >>>write error and the drive would disappear from the system. I fixed the delay
> >>>write error by disabling write caching but the drive still disappears when
> >>>resuming from standby. It doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, the device
> >>>manager nor the computer management GUI. I have to reboot to get it back.
> >>>
> >>>Any ideas as to why the drive disappears upon resuming from standby?
> >>
> >>I'd hazard a guess that those motherboard chipset drivers you are using
> >>aren't aren't compatible with XP and Standby. See the motherboard
> >>manufacturers web site for an updated version.
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Hi Bob, thanks for responding.
> >
> > As near as I can tell, the chipset drivers are current. I did find that the
> > bios was out of date so I updated it; didn't help.
> >
> > -- Eric
> >
>
> Then perhaps you will have to forgo suspend with that hardware
> combination. Does it reappear if you try "Add new hardware", or does the
> drive stay turned off.
>
>
Yup, it does reappear with "Add new hardware". In fact, there is a Windows
"chime" noise almost imediately after I hit the initial Next button and the
partitions show up before the wizard finishes it's search. It never gets to
the point where it states "Hey, I found something".
I suspect that to some extent the drive is always there after suspend. I
have, on a couple occasions worked on the computer for a short while with no
ill affects (the drive in question has the pagefile on it but I do have 2GB
of memory).
Also, this evening I tweaked many of the BIOS power management settings with
no luck.
If I can't straighten this out soon I may actually forgo the pagefile/cache
second disk in favor of a single drive system with a working Standby
function. In my setup, Standby is very useful.
Thanks for your input Bob.
-- Eric
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