It would be nice if you told us what WD said, if anything.
"BlueMinou" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Motherboard: ASUS P4P8X
>
> CPU: Intel Celeron 2.4 Ghz
>
> RAM: Shika RAM Twin-X 1 Gb
>
> HDD: WD Caviar 200 Gb, 7200 RPM, 8 Mb cache - SATA (OEM)
>
> OS: Windows XP Home Edition with SP1 (OEM)
>
> Graphic Card: ASUS Radeon 9600SE
>
>
>
>
>
> I mounted this computer in February, so everything but the CD burner is
> brand new (including the floppy drive). It was running fine with a Quantum
> Fireball 20 Gb hard drive. A couple of weeks ago I bought and installed a
> Western Digital 160 Gb SATA hard drive. I used the Data Lifeguard Tools
> program downloaded from the Western Digital website to partition & format
> the drive in NTFS. I then installed a brand new Windows XP with SP1 (I
read
> that the service pack 1 is essential for drives larger than 137 Gb). It
> worked beautifully for about 48 hours and during this period I downloaded
> and installed all the Windows updates. Then the computer suddenly rebooted
> on it's own but couldn't start Windows. I got messages that files were
> missing and the computer kept rebooting on it's own at startup. I tried
> re-formatting the OS partition in hopes of re-installing Windows but it
> reported that the partition had a problem. Then after a few more attemps
> Windows reported that there was no drive present.Gradually, the BIOS
failed
> to detect the drive and after six or more reboots I got the SMART message
> that the drive was BAD and should be replaced.
>
>
>
> I returned it to the store and since they didn't have a replacement after
a
> full week of waiting and refused to refund my money, I bought a Western
> Digital 200 Gb SATA drive. The exact same thing happened after only 24
> hours.
>
>
>
> I've been doing searches on the internet but I can't even figure out which
> part of my computer is causing the problem. The new Windows worked fine
with
> the 20 Gig P-ATA during the week I was waiting for a replacement. My BIOS
> Hardware Monitor reports normal temperatures and the following Voltages:
>
>
>
> a.. VCore Voltage: 1.504V
> b.. 3.3V Voltage: 3.184V
> c.. 5V Voltage: 5.026V
> d.. 12V Voltage: 11.552V
>
>
> I read my P4P8X Motherboard's Manual carefully and the only setting I
> changed when installing the SATA drives was the IDE Configuration that I
set
> to S-ATA. I don't think my motherboard has a RAID controller and haven't
> seen a place where I could disable it.
>
>
>
> I have received a third HD, a recertified 200 Gb, an the exact same thing
> happened after 48 hours of use.
>
>
>
> Western Digital drives are known to be reliable so I very much doubt that
I
> bought three defective drives in a row. I suspect that either my BIOS or
my
> Windows was set-up improperly or that I should have installed a certain
> driver that I'm unaware of, but I am at a total lost to explain the fact
> that it worked fine then gradually deteriorated or the fact that my
hardware
> performed very well with a P-ATA drive.
>
>
>
> I've searched the knowledge base and the web in general but haven't heard
of
> anyone having a similar problem. Help, or even a single clue would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> I am wondering if other Windows XP users have had similar problems when
> installing an over-137Gb hard drive.
>
>
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