alexstrong29

Hello, I have been trying to fix this for about 72 hours now pretty much non stop.

It started off by me re-installing windows to get rid of a problem I had with corrupting files. With no luck I did a low level format on my maxtor sata 300gb hdd and re-installed windows. On my mates PC it is detected in windows but doesn't boot up (and it should as its a mirror of his sata hdd [which seems to work]). On my pc it isnt detected in windows! and also doesnt boot up

It comes up and says veryfying DMI Pool Data... and then doesn't do anything else ( I have the first boot device on scsi)


my system is:
pheonix award bios
pentium 4 1.7 Ghz
1gb DDR RAM
Soltek motherboard
300GB Maxtor diamondmax 10 sata hdd


If I run windows from my ide drive it doesn't detect the sata drive which is really confusing so now I have run out of ideas!


could anyone tell me what the problem could be and what i can eliminate i.e. the hdd is faulty??

Any help would be greatly appreciated

yours in anticipation


Alex

whodat

down load max blast utility and check the drive.

linderman

if you preformed a re-install of the OS ...did you reload the motherboard chipset drivers and sata controller drivers >>>> the re-install should have wiped them all out. Look in the hardware manager and see if you can see any yellow exclamation marks and report back

alexstrong29

Hi I have tried using maxblast software it is called powermax but for some reason starts loading up and then pauses. Whenever the hdd is in it freezes at some point in the start up, whether starting from a floppy drive or a cd rom drive, the only way to get it to start up is not even having scsi as a boot device, (using my ide drive instead).


There are no conflictions in device manager no yellow marks!

any ideas?

hwm54112

Since windows sees the drive on your buddies machine, that indicates the drive is ok but what’s on the drive isn’t (doesn’t boot).

Since it hangs during dmi verification on your machine, that indicates a very basic conflict between the drive and the machine, not what’s on the drive. (It doesn’t even get a chance to look at what’s on it.) If dmi verification can’t complete, it will not boot from floppy. Hardware conflict.

There’s at least two unrelated issues.

That said-Look at basic issues. Clear cmos. Enable “Reset Configuration Data” under PNP/PCI configuration in bios to re-enumerate all hardware on a machine level. (that setting may have a different name/location in your bios). (note that this setting is automatically disabled after every boot) Verify Bios settings for all devices. (There’s no way to say that it is hanging on verifying the new drive). Check all connections, all devices. (again because you can’t say what device it is hanging on, it could be anything)

Random comment-initial dmi verification can take an inordinately long time

This statement is unclear to me. Does that mean “disconnected” or “connected but not selected as a boot device in bios” If it’s connected, it will stop the boot because it’s a basic conflict.