"Delayed Write Failed" Error Message When You Manage Files in Windows XP

"Delayed Write Failed" Error Message When You Manage Files in Windows
XP


I am looking for someone (MICROSOFT?) to correct this issue.

Here is the information that I have available to demonstrate that this
problem
mainly appears to be related to Windows XP and Large Hard Drives.

There is so much different affected hardware (on XP) that it is
difficult to find a real
lowest common denominator. So far I have not found anyone claiming to
have this issue
on Windows 2000. I'm not saying that someone doesn't have the issue,
I just have not found
a link on the Web saying so. That does show that at least XP is one
common denominator.
There appear to be more people with a ATI cards complaining of this
issue then there are with
other video cards. That would tend to indicate that ATI video cards
"may" be at least partially
another common denominator. Maxtor and Western Digital hard drives
appear to be mentioned more
then any others but I would guess that this issue effects all new
large EIDE/ATA drives that
require 48Bit addressing to use.

I am unable to find the KB on Maxtor's site but I've included the URLs
from Western Digital
that at least acknowledge the issue.

So far though it appears that NO ONE (Promise, Western Digital,
Maxtor, Microsoft, etc) has done much
about it. The KB articles suggest a few things, but most of the
suggestions are futile for
everyone. So far I have not found anything that CONCLUSIVELY fixes
the problem for EVERYONE involved.

I have not modified the Program memory settings in the Advanced tab,
they are as set by the XP installation.
On my system I get event viwer errors and system freezes.
Disk Management says the WD1200 is Healthy (but at risk)
There are physical clunking sounds at random times from the Hard
Drive/s
When system was running Windows 2000 and only WD1200 and WD800 there
was no such
issue with Delayed Write Failed
If I unplug the new WD250 and plug in my old WD800 with Windows 2000
and use the built-in IDE ports
on the Motherboard there are no Delay Write issues and the occassional
clunking sound goes away too.
Once I plug the new WD2500 back into the Promise Ultra100 TX2 the
issue comes back.


Running Windows XP Pro w/SP1
ASUS CUSL2 Motherboard
Intel Chipset 815e
BIOS 1009
Intel PIII 933
Micron CAS 2 SDRAM 133MHz 512MB
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 8500DV with Catalyst 3.9 Drivers
WinXP Promise Ultra100 TX2
Western Digital 2500JB-32FUA0 8MB Cache (Primary on Ultra100)
Western Digital 1200JB-00CRA1 8MB Cache (Slave on Ultra 100)
Using brand new 80Wire/40Pin Cable
WD2500 is Basic Disk
WD1200 is Dynamic
WD2500 Bus 0, ID 0, LUN 0
WD1200 Bus 0, ID 1, LUN 0
Sony DRU500A DVD/Writer
Plextor 40/12/40A CD/Writer


"Delayed Write Failed" Error Message When You Manage Files in Windows
XP
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http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/atiproblem.htm
http://www.bustrace.com/products/delayedwrite.htm
http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4217.html
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?...26&source=ultra
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/13302/
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ntdoc wrote:
> "Delayed Write Failed" Error Message When You Manage Files in Windows
> XP
> So far I have not found anyone claiming to
> have this issue
> on Windows 2000.

I'm having this problem on Windows 2000. Any help resolving this problem
would be most appreciated. The test application from bustrace indicates
that my problem is that Windows is sending packets too large for the IDE
bus to handle.

Here are my details:
When attempting to use my ByteCC www.byteccusa.com ME-350U2F external
drive case with an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) connection I get the following
error when I try to copy files to it: delayed write failed
File copies failed with files from 76KB to 460MB.

It appears to work correctly with the USB connection but it is only USB
1.1 so it is terribly slow.

Machine specifications:
Windows 2000 SP4 running on IBM Thinkpad A31P
Laptop with built in IEEE 1394 and USB 1.1
ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL 7800 built in graphics card

Eject unplug device lists:
"Prolific PL3507 Combo Device (1394 ATAPI_Rev 1.00) IEEE 1394 SBP2
Device"

The ByteCC ME-350U2F is an external drive case with both Firewire and
USB 2.0 connections. It uses a chipset from Prolific
http://www.prolific.com.tw http://tech.prolific.com.tw . I have not been
able to locate a utility that can change the settings for the Prolific
chipset as exists for the Oxford chipset (Oxford Firmware Updater also
has a Modify device configuration settings screen).

Disk was formatted using win98 startup disk on a different machine,
directly connected to internal IDE. Used fdisk to create a primary DOS
partition as whole drive. Formatted as a single FAT32 drive (needs to be
shared with Win98).
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160GB ATA/133

Using 1394test.exe from http://www.bustrace.com/products/delayedwrite.htm
the test failed with:

Write failed with 0000045Dh
The folks at bustrace tell me that 0x0000045Dh is "The request could not
be performed because of an I/O device error."

Creating test file 128 sector(s) in size
File successfully written
Reading in file just written
File read matches file written
-----
Creating test file 129 sector(s) in size
File successfully written
Reading in file just written
File read matches file written
-----
Creating test file 130 sector(s) in size
File successfully written
Reading in file just written
File read matches file written
-----
Creating test file 131 sector(s) in size
Write failed with 0000045Dh
-----
Test completed in 77.261 seconds
*** TEST COMPELETE - !!!FAILURES!!! DETECTED ***
------------------------------------------------------------------
Tried setting the following registry entry, no effect.
http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/atiproblem.htm

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory Management SystemPages

original setting 0x0006300
tested value: 0xffffffff

I just noticed something interesting, I have 2 laptops. The firewire
enclosure works on one and fails on the other. Although they both list
the same driver version used for the Prolific controller 5.0.2183.1 the
version of the file providing the driver under the "Driver Details" is
actually different.
(c:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\disk.sys File Version: 5.00.2195.5419 works,
File Version: 5.00.2195.6655 fails)

Works on Sony PCG-XG9 laptop
Windows 2000 SP3
Driver for Prolific is (under driver file details):
c:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\disk.sys
Provider: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 5.00.2195.5419

IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers
Sony CXD3222 OHCI i.Link(IEEE 1394) PCI Host Controller

Does not work on IBM Thinkpad
Windows 2000 SP4
Driver for Prolific is (under driver file details):
c:\WINNT\System32\DRIVERS\disk.sys
Provider: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 5.00.2195.6655

IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Looking in the registry the "OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host
Controller" seems to be HardwareID
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0552&SUBSYS_05111014&REV_00
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0552&SUBSYS_05111014 PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0552&CC_0C0010
PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0552&CC_0C00
I believe that VEN_1180 is "Ricoh Co Ltd"
and DEV_0552 is "R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller"
http://www.ricoh.co.jp/LSI/english/...52/5c552-e.html
This is a PCI bus to PC Card and IEEE 1394 OHCI bridge
that supports 2 PC Card slots and 2 Firewire ports.

Doug wrote:
> I'm having this problem on Windows 2000. Any help resolving this problem
> would be most appreciated. The test application from bustrace indicates
> that my problem is that Windows is sending packets too large for the IDE
> bus to handle.
>
> Here are my details:
> When attempting to use my ByteCC www.byteccusa.com ME-350U2F external
> drive case with an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) connection I get the following
> error when I try to copy files to it: delayed write failed
> File copies failed with files from 76KB to 460MB.
>
> It appears to work correctly with the USB connection but it is only USB
> 1.1 so it is terribly slow.
>
> Machine specifications:
> Windows 2000 SP4 running on IBM Thinkpad A31P
> Laptop with built in IEEE 1394 and USB 1.1
> ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL 7800 built in graphics card
>
> Eject unplug device lists:
> "Prolific PL3507 Combo Device (1394 ATAPI_Rev 1.00) IEEE 1394 SBP2
> Device"
>
> The ByteCC ME-350U2F is an external drive case with both Firewire and
> USB 2.0 connections. It uses a chipset from Prolific
> http://www.prolific.com.tw http://tech.prolific.com.tw . I have not been
> able to locate a utility that can change the settings for the Prolific
> chipset as exists for the Oxford chipset (Oxford Firmware Updater also
> has a Modify device configuration settings screen).
>
> Disk was formatted using win98 startup disk on a different machine,
> directly connected to internal IDE. Used fdisk to create a primary DOS
> partition as whole drive. Formatted as a single FAT32 drive (needs to be
> shared with Win98).
> Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160GB ATA/133
>
> Using 1394test.exe from http://www.bustrace.com/products/delayedwrite.htm
> the test failed with:
>
> Write failed with 0000045Dh
> The folks at bustrace tell me that 0x0000045Dh is "The request could not
> be performed because of an I/O device error."
>
> Creating test file 128 sector(s) in size
> File successfully written
> Reading in file just written
> File read matches file written
> -----
> Creating test file 129 sector(s) in size
> File successfully written
> Reading in file just written
> File read matches file written
> -----
> Creating test file 130 sector(s) in size
> File successfully written
> Reading in file just written
> File read matches file written
> -----
> Creating test file 131 sector(s) in size
> Write failed with 0000045Dh
> -----
> Test completed in 77.261 seconds
> *** TEST COMPELETE - !!!FAILURES!!! DETECTED ***
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tried setting the following registry entry, no effect.
> http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/atiproblem.htm
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
> Manager\Memory Management SystemPages
>
> original setting 0x0006300
> tested value: 0xffffffff
>