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Originally Posted by mattinsocal8911
Well, I have more information for you. I decided to try all possible workarounds(I think thats the word?)for testing purposes. The most likely test was to move the WD hard drive to another port. No Luck with that move. (purchased a SATA 150 cable with 90 degree bend on one end.) After considering other options, I decided to try another hard drive(NON-WD drive). Installed a Seagate SATA 150 MBs(or SATA I for the audience) to the same port that did not work for the WD hard drive. What do you think happened?? It started it up and it is still running without any problems so far(45minutes). No BzBzBzBzBz in the BIOS at all, no dropping out of sight. Lets see if it holds up to the test of time and torture of reading and writing of files. Also I will do a test with HDTach and post if neccessary.
On the power supply side I had issues with a APC back-UPS ES 500, causing video problems(yellow streaks or patches in game) I switched the plug to a connection with no battery backup on the same UPS. Checking the power cable just now and its back on the battery backup connection again. Time for another power cycle to change it. note this UPS has the red light on even though its grounded to earth ground.
Finale time for me CSI lover..
Thanks loads
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With all that said and taking your advice I now realized a few more things. First, on the Western Digital SATA2, its most likely dead. The other hard drives work and this one does not. I have spotted another problem on another SATA2 connection. I have seen a blank space like so [ ] while a HD is connected to it in the BIOS. I guess this means at the very least that its not connecting (or burned out?).
Again with the power supply issue, I have decided to eliminate the 8800GTS from the equation. Due to the fact of limited finances and further testing(which has helped tons). See the conclusions for this point in time at the end.
Seeing the [ ] and listening to what you said about setting the onboard controller to SATA mode made me think. The [ ] may point to a SATA2 controller problem and the solution is to disable the controller and test further. I am now using the ITE's IT8212 ATA RAID controller with IDE hard drives. I was forced to reinstall the OS and am now testing again with Memtest, PCMark 05 and 3dmark 06.
Conclusions for this point in time are grim. I have a mobo with SATA connection problems. Sound crackling that was not there before from the onboard sound(sound card is OK so far). Occasional Blue Screens and computer freezing that are annoying. Few problems with the new install on IDE drives. The PC freezes at the first startup screen while testing memory only twice in three days, then dissappeared. I also removed the CMOS battery to clear the BIOS. I checked all connections (good) The MOBO tie downs were loose at this time(tightened), no problem. I am assuming that the Mobo is grounded through the negative wire on the PS connection.
Final conclusion, the south bridge is damaged and I will be needing a new motherboard. I think this ends this post. Thanks Eneles you are the best.
