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Nocturnal
What does this mean? Does it mean my hard drive is failing?
I keep getting this error in my events viewer.
I keep getting this error in my events viewer.
R
R. McCarty
Possibly, but the message is more directed at the controller (IDE
or SCSI/SATA) that is serving the Harddisk #2. It could be an
indication of improperly jumpered devices or that the disk has had
it's operating mode stepped back to a slower PIO mode. First off
you should open a Command Prompt -
Click Start, Run (type) Command [Enter]
From within the Command Prompt box (Left click in it to give it
focus) Type Chkdsk X: [Enter] [Substitute your Drive Letter for X)
XP will do a cursory Chkdsk and report back whether error(s)
exist that a more comprehensive Chkdsk /F should be done. If you
do get that status returned, backup the data on the drive before you
do a Chkdsk with Repair. This could also be BIOS settings and a
number of other things, but I would start with the Chkdsk. If it is
OK (Chkdsk), I would probably download and install the latest
Chipset Driver package for your particular motherboard, as it provides
the latest Mass Storage drivers.
or SCSI/SATA) that is serving the Harddisk #2. It could be an
indication of improperly jumpered devices or that the disk has had
it's operating mode stepped back to a slower PIO mode. First off
you should open a Command Prompt -
Click Start, Run (type) Command [Enter]
From within the Command Prompt box (Left click in it to give it
focus) Type Chkdsk X: [Enter] [Substitute your Drive Letter for X)
XP will do a cursory Chkdsk and report back whether error(s)
exist that a more comprehensive Chkdsk /F should be done. If you
do get that status returned, backup the data on the drive before you
do a Chkdsk with Repair. This could also be BIOS settings and a
number of other things, but I would start with the Chkdsk. If it is
OK (Chkdsk), I would probably download and install the latest
Chipset Driver package for your particular motherboard, as it provides
the latest Mass Storage drivers.
N
Nocturnal
The thing is, I was having trouble with my chipset's IDE drivers which are
the nVidia ones for an A8N-SLI Deluxe. They aren't the stablest and it is
recommended to just use the generic Microsoft IDE drivers.
I'll go ahead and do a chkdsk on my second drive to make sure nothing is
wrong.
Thank you.
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the nVidia ones for an A8N-SLI Deluxe. They aren't the stablest and it is
recommended to just use the generic Microsoft IDE drivers.
I'll go ahead and do a chkdsk on my second drive to make sure nothing is
wrong.
Thank you.
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R. McCarty said:
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R. McCarty
Thanks for the follow-up post. I just went over the nVidia and
checked their nForce chipset drivers are at 7.13. Are you getting
chipset drivers directly from nVidia or from Asus ?
checked their nForce chipset drivers are at 7.13. Are you getting
chipset drivers directly from nVidia or from Asus ?
Nocturnal said:
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Nocturnal
Directly from nVidia. I just did a chkdsk and it came out perfect, no
errors or anything like that. As of now I have been keeping a close eye on
my event viewer log. I haven't had any problems since I last rebooted. I
did kinda stress the drive by ripping a DVD to it. No errors whatsoever.
I'm wondering what caused that. The main thing that worried me was when I
was trying to burn something to a CD using Window's Movie Maker it errored
out on me and once I checked the event viewer, I noticed that the error had
been ongoing since around 9:30 pm Friday night. Let me know if you have any
other suggestions.
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errors or anything like that. As of now I have been keeping a close eye on
my event viewer log. I haven't had any problems since I last rebooted. I
did kinda stress the drive by ripping a DVD to it. No errors whatsoever.
I'm wondering what caused that. The main thing that worried me was when I
was trying to burn something to a CD using Window's Movie Maker it errored
out on me and once I checked the event viewer, I noticed that the error had
been ongoing since around 9:30 pm Friday night. Let me know if you have any
other suggestions.
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R. McCarty said:
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R. McCarty
It might not be a static problem, but kind of a transient issue. I've
got a fairly "State-of-the-Art" PC and do a lot of music editing &
mastering. Occassionally, I'll see events like you've described in
my logs. I recently switched from a SCSI disk sub-system to the
newer SATA-1. Even with that the hard drive is still the biggest
bottleneck in a PC. That's why I use Perfect Disk 7 as my system's
defragmenter and keep my drives defragmented. Raxco has a
30-day Free trial you might want to try out:
http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/perfectdisk2000_download.cfm
Whenever the manufacturer's get "Solid State" drives perfected,
I'll probably be an Early Adopter on that technology.
got a fairly "State-of-the-Art" PC and do a lot of music editing &
mastering. Occassionally, I'll see events like you've described in
my logs. I recently switched from a SCSI disk sub-system to the
newer SATA-1. Even with that the hard drive is still the biggest
bottleneck in a PC. That's why I use Perfect Disk 7 as my system's
defragmenter and keep my drives defragmented. Raxco has a
30-day Free trial you might want to try out:
http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/perfectdisk2000_download.cfm
Whenever the manufacturer's get "Solid State" drives perfected,
I'll probably be an Early Adopter on that technology.
Nocturnal said:
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Nocturnal
Yeah, I forgot to mention all my hardware is SATA. Two SATA hard drives and
one SATA DVDRW. Thanks for your quick replies. I'm now having problems
with video playback. Any video I playback looks like it's being played in
16bit color, all washed out and ugly. Any ideas? I have a 6800GT with the
newest drivers installed. I'm wondering what this could be
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one SATA DVDRW. Thanks for your quick replies. I'm now having problems
with video playback. Any video I playback looks like it's being played in
16bit color, all washed out and ugly. Any ideas? I have a 6800GT with the
newest drivers installed. I'm wondering what this could be
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R. McCarty said:
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Nocturnal
Disregard my last message. I was able to fix it. It is indeed a driver
issue. I found it searching google like I should have done, duh. Hey R.
McCarty, thanks for all the great help. I'm in Hawaii so it's my bed time,
12:52AM. Night and thanks again.
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issue. I found it searching google like I should have done, duh. Hey R.
McCarty, thanks for all the great help. I'm in Hawaii so it's my bed time,
12:52AM. Night and thanks again.
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Nocturnal said:Yeah, I forgot to mention all my hardware is SATA. Two SATA hard drives
and one SATA DVDRW. Thanks for your quick replies. I'm now having
problems with video playback. Any video I playback looks like it's being
played in 16bit color, all washed out and ugly. Any ideas? I have a
6800GT with the newest drivers installed. I'm wondering what this could
be
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R. McCarty said:
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Leif Nordmand Andersen
Hi Nocturnal,
I've read the other posters comments.
I've had these errors in my sytem too. In my case it had two reasons:
1. In one instance a brand new sata-cable was at fault, once I
replaced it, it stopped. I cheched it in the way I swapped cables on
two drives, the errors swithched from one drive to the other - I
figured it was the cable.
2. I've had Maxtor drives ....they gave this error on my asus board.
I've checked the drives with the vendrors utility to do so. It showed
errors but corrected them. the drive was ok a few days and then it
made errors again. Now the drives have been moved to the backup
computer, which only gets turned one once in awhile. they work ok
there, in my main computer they have been replaced with Seagates, and
since then the errors have disappeared.
Some thoughts - Regards Leif.
I've read the other posters comments.
I've had these errors in my sytem too. In my case it had two reasons:
1. In one instance a brand new sata-cable was at fault, once I
replaced it, it stopped. I cheched it in the way I swapped cables on
two drives, the errors swithched from one drive to the other - I
figured it was the cable.
2. I've had Maxtor drives ....they gave this error on my asus board.
I've checked the drives with the vendrors utility to do so. It showed
errors but corrected them. the drive was ok a few days and then it
made errors again. Now the drives have been moved to the backup
computer, which only gets turned one once in awhile. they work ok
there, in my main computer they have been replaced with Seagates, and
since then the errors have disappeared.
Some thoughts - Regards Leif.