Maxtor 160 Gb HD (6Y160P0) PIO Problem

[brandie]

New 160Gb Drive (6Y160P0), still remains in PIO mode -
Windows XP SP2, fresh install.
Tried all help from KB817472 - No Joy, changed cable
positions, problem follows drive. BIOS reports 160Gb
drive - UDMA5. Maxtor Utils report 160Gb Drive.
Cannot move the drive from PIO to UDMA.

Similar Maxtor Drive works, shows UDMA5. 5T060H6

Any suggestions please??

Thanks.

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Is there any other device on the same IDE cable?

 

[brandie]

Yes, another Maxtor 60Gb (5T060H6)- Shows up as UDMA 5
Tried without extra HD, 160Gb HD still locked in PIO.

Tried with another Brand New 160Gb Drive - Exactly same
problem.

Re-loaded Win XP SP1 from CD. Still shows as PIO,
Upgraded with SP2 CD - Still PIO.

Tried all positions on cable and with the 60Gb Drive,
Changes to UDMA5. I suspect that Win XP can't recognise
Maxtor chipset - Your Comments?

I am really stumped on this one, and so are a lot of
others with new 160Gb and 200Gb HD's

Any more Ideas please.

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Try CS (Cable Select) and see if that makes a difference.

 

[namniar]

Two (desperate) thoughts:
1. During setup did to format to one 160 GB partition or more than one (all
under 137 GB)?
2. Could this be a motherboard limitation (ie a 32bit IDE channel and not a
48 bit as is supposedly required to support over 137 GB)?

In my situation I added a Western Digital 160GB HDD via a Promise
Ultra100TX2 IDE card. With the Maxtor you would probably want the
Ultra133TX2 to match the drive speed.

r.

 

[brandie]

No difference at all I'm afraid.

-----Original Message-----
Try CS (Cable Select) and see if that makes a difference.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com





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[Brandie]

1. Two partions 80Gb each
2. How could I check for certain whether it is 32 or
48bit?

Many thanks for your comments

 

[namniar]

Motherboard manual if you have it otherwise visit manufacturers website for
e-manual download (pdf file).

One other thought. Have you gone to the motherboard manuf website to see if
BIOS and Chipset drivers are available. This may help your situation.
Backup data before doing any updates!!!

My motherboard is MSI:
http://www.msicomputer.com/support/TechSupport.asp

If yours is MSI then look for a utility update program called MSI Live
Monitor.

r.

 

[Brandie]

Went to mfr site. Confirms that the BIOS correctly
supports 48bit LBA.
My motherboard is Asustek A7A266 with AMD Athlon 1400 CPU
No other drivers appear to be available. I have Bios 12.

 

[namniar]

Last thought for now:

Is the ribbon cable connecting the 160 GB have 80 or 40 wires (one wire is
per each little rib in the cable). It should be 80 wire cable (40
conductors, 40 ground wires).

r.

 

[Brandie]

It is an 80 wire cable. Cable OK, tried with other drives.

Thanks for all your suggestions Namniar, much appreciated.

 

[pder90]

Think this is a quick fix
see if it helps
email me if it works (e-mail address removed)
go to your ide ata/aatapi controllers
there should be 2 controllers
click on the corresponding controller and update it.
window will ask to connect to window update... no
install from a list advance
don't search. i will choose the driver to install
select intel ultra ata storage controllers -24db
restart and you are at ultra dma 5.. but faster
all done... don't forget to mail me if it helped