P4P800-e deluxe

twit54 · 06-17-2005, 08:04 AM

HI Folks,

I have a P4P800-e deluxe configured with 2 Sata drives on the intel raid controller as the primary boot devices. Also a Western Digital Pata as a slave device.
When the enhance mode is set to Pata+Sata I get some weird behaviour.

Example.....attaching a file to an email takes about 2 mins. Any drop down window that selects a file location takes about 2 mins to open.

I've narrowed it down a tad thus far. If I set the enhanced mode to Sata only, everything seems ok and quick.

XP pro is the OS.

Any thoughts?

Ta

**linderman** · 06-17-2005, 03:11 PM

Which XP service Pack do you have installed???

which bios version are you using???

regards:

joe

**UncleMacro** · 06-17-2005, 04:17 PM

Enhanced mode set to SATA is the correct value for your setup. Why are you trying it at PATA+SATA? Didn't it work okay set to SATA? You also need to be a bit careful about Western Digital parallel hard disks. WDs have a tendency to hang for a while unless you set their jumpers just right. If the WD is the only drive on the cable then you should have no jumpers installed. You should only have it jumpered as master or slave if there is another drive on the same cable.

twit54 · 06-19-2005, 10:15 AM

Thanks much folks,

I changed the bios setting to enhanced mode on sata only.

Everything ok now.

Ta

**linderman** · 06-19-2005, 11:14 AM

Thanks for posting back Twit.

Uncle Macro scores another 10 point bullseye!

06-17-2005, 08:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
twit54 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11 OS: xp pro	P4P800-e deluxe HI Folks, I have a P4P800-e deluxe configured with 2 Sata drives on the intel raid controller as the primary boot devices. Also a Western Digital Pata as a slave device. When the enhance mode is set to Pata+Sata I get some weird behaviour. Example.....attaching a file to an email takes about 2 mins. Any drop down window that selects a file location takes about 2 mins to open. I've narrowed it down a tad thus far. If I set the enhanced mode to Sata only, everything seems ok and quick. XP pro is the OS. Any thoughts? Ta

06-17-2005, 03:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,370 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Which XP service Pack do you have installed??? which bios version are you using??? regards: joe __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

06-19-2005, 11:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,370 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Thanks for posting back Twit. Uncle Macro scores another 10 point bullseye! __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

06-17-2005, 04:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	Enhanced mode set to SATA is the correct value for your setup. Why are you trying it at PATA+SATA? Didn't it work okay set to SATA? You also need to be a bit careful about Western Digital parallel hard disks. WDs have a tendency to hang for a while unless you set their jumpers just right. If the WD is the only drive on the cable then you should have no jumpers installed. You should only have it jumpered as master or slave if there is another drive on the same cable.

06-19-2005, 10:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
twit54 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11 OS: xp pro	Thanks much folks, I changed the bios setting to enhanced mode on sata only. Everything ok now. Ta