delayed write failed

I recently installed a Western Digital 160G hd and the
Promise controller card that came bundled with it. I have
started receiving 'delayed write failed' messages. I am
trying to follow Microsoft Knowledgebase article #330174
but when I try to disabled write caching, I cannot
because the selections are grayed out. Any ideas on how
to disable write caching on this HD?

Could be a number of issues. Things to check:

1. Physical drive connections (long shot, but might as well start w/ the
basics)
2. Make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your promise
controller (can be found on http://www.promise.com)
3. Run hard drive diagnostics provided from Western Digital to verify that
your disk is not bad.


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"Ross" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02c101c3aaf5$a34b0ce0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I recently installed a Western Digital 160G hd and the
> Promise controller card that came bundled with it. I have
> started receiving 'delayed write failed' messages. I am
> trying to follow Microsoft Knowledgebase article #330174
> but when I try to disabled write caching, I cannot
> because the selections are grayed out. Any ideas on how
> to disable write caching on this HD?

Also make sure you get the latest firmware from Promise.

I had issues with a Promise TX133 card. Upgraded the firmware and got the
most recent driver and finally those issues are gone.


"Chip Cosgrove \(MSFT\)" <chipc@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:ecypvevqDHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

> Could be a number of issues. Things to check:
>
> 1. Physical drive connections (long shot, but might as well start w/
> the basics)
> 2. Make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your promise
> controller (can be found on http://www.promise.com)
> 3. Run hard drive diagnostics provided from Western Digital to verify
> that your disk is not bad.
>
>