Asus p4c800 e deluxe running very slow after adding new hard disks on intel chipset

ijc21 · 06-17-2005, 10:17 PM

hi their i just installed 2 x 300 seagate hard discs on sata1 & sata 2 on the intel chipset,
the problem is now the whole computer is really slow @ booting up and closing down it was working fine for 1 day, then just went really slow on me after i restarted next day. I tried everything, drivers, disabling all dvdroms, fans, its starting to bug me, my other computer duron 1.8 256ddr ram 40gig 32 graphics card is far quicker @ booting up and closing down.

system specs

p4 3.2 ghz
1gig of ram dual channel
550 watt power supply
2x 300 seagates no raid windows xp sp2 all updates on 1 300gig
1 samsung dvdrom on IDE 1 master
1 pioneer 108 dvd writer on IDE 2 master
nothing on the promise controller and disabled in bios
all com ports and printer ports disabled in bios
lan on and sound on in bios & usb's
all options set to auto in bios

before i got the 2 new hard discs i was running 1x 120gig maxtor on the promise IDE channel and never had one problem with it i since removed 120 maxtor and decided to install xp on sata as this is meant to be faster

i have the latest bios 1021
installed intel chipset drivers
this is just a fresh install of xp sp2 also with very little programs on pc

any ideas what could be causing this?

**jcline** · 06-17-2005, 10:28 PM

Meant to be faster for actual access times during operation not necessarily for boot up. How many seconds does it take to boot up?

ijc21 · 06-17-2005, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcline

Meant to be faster for actual access times during operation not necessarily for boot up. How many seconds does it take to boot up?

seconds more like 3 mins to boot up and 5 mins to close down

feddup · 06-17-2005, 10:39 PM

Are those the seagates with NCQ? I've seen repeated issues with NCQ and the P4C800-e Deluxe. I thought a later bios took care of it but if you're running bios 1021 it seems like it would certainly be recent enough. Clueless!

ijc21 · 06-17-2005, 10:49 PM

yes the seagates are ncq, drives worked fine when 1st plugged in, then performance just went out the window after rebooted, i'am thinking something must have blown on board its like power related.

i removed the pata 120gig maxtor thinking this was the problem and made a fresh install on 1 of the 300 seagates with xp sp2, even with 1 sata plugged in and its still very slow.

06-17-2005, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
ijc21 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Asus p4c800 e deluxe running very slow after adding new hard disks on intel chipset hi their i just installed 2 x 300 seagate hard discs on sata1 & sata 2 on the intel chipset, the problem is now the whole computer is really slow @ booting up and closing down it was working fine for 1 day, then just went really slow on me after i restarted next day. I tried everything, drivers, disabling all dvdroms, fans, its starting to bug me, my other computer duron 1.8 256ddr ram 40gig 32 graphics card is far quicker @ booting up and closing down. system specs p4 3.2 ghz 1gig of ram dual channel 550 watt power supply 2x 300 seagates no raid windows xp sp2 all updates on 1 300gig 1 samsung dvdrom on IDE 1 master 1 pioneer 108 dvd writer on IDE 2 master nothing on the promise controller and disabled in bios all com ports and printer ports disabled in bios lan on and sound on in bios & usb's all options set to auto in bios before i got the 2 new hard discs i was running 1x 120gig maxtor on the promise IDE channel and never had one problem with it i since removed 120 maxtor and decided to install xp on sata as this is meant to be faster i have the latest bios 1021 installed intel chipset drivers this is just a fresh install of xp sp2 also with very little programs on pc any ideas what could be causing this?

06-17-2005, 10:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
feddup Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 174 OS: XP	Ncq? Are those the seagates with NCQ? I've seen repeated issues with NCQ and the P4C800-e Deluxe. I thought a later bios took care of it but if you're running bios 1021 it seems like it would certainly be recent enough. Clueless! __________________ P4C800-e Deluxe 3.2C 2 gigs Corsair XMS4000Pro 2 WD740gd Raid 0 on ICH5R 2 Seagate IDE on Promise 20378 9800XT

06-17-2005, 10:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
jcline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 856 OS: Windows XP Pro	Meant to be faster for actual access times during operation not necessarily for boot up. How many seconds does it take to boot up?

06-17-2005, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
ijc21 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4 OS: XP	yes the seagates are ncq, drives worked fine when 1st plugged in, then performance just went out the window after rebooted, i'am thinking something must have blown on board its like power related. i removed the pata 120gig maxtor thinking this was the problem and made a fresh install on 1 of the 300 seagates with xp sp2, even with 1 sata plugged in and its still very slow.