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BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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Tocris
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Hello folks!

Please could someone help me with my new harddrive. I got a patched Bios for the Abit BX 20 board already. And my harddrive is connected via a raid contoller. It is properly recognized (Windows XP shows me 60 GB).

The problem is, sometimes my computer is stoned when accessing certain files on the drive. I can't even reset via keyboard in Windows XP!
I believe that Bios is not as good as assumed.

What do you mean? I would very appreciate your help.

Greetings from Erlangen
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You mean XP freezes when accessing directories with large amounts of files?
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There's no problem in the BIOS. If you have the drive connected through PCI card, there might be problem with the card's BIOS and/or drivers or in Windows XP itself.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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occurs very unpredictable. Not a certain file, not a certain, program nor directory.
I think its the Raid controller (or the power supply - don't know the word in English - is this right?). I have now removed it and system is running fine. The harddrive seems ok.

But many thanx for your replies. I will watch my system now and post if crash comes :-)

Ciao, Tocris
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Hello again,

after removing the raid controller I hoped, my computer would never freeze with the new harddrive, but it does.

Last freeze was immediately after power up. Can a patched BIOS do so?

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Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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ok, I will test memory. I have now changed my harddisk to the old one, everything works fine (like many months before until I changed the harddisk).
Can it be the memory nevertheless? or is it too little power? 230 Watts for PIII 500 with 2 CD-Roms.

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230W for P3-500 with 2 CDROM and 2 HDD might be too low especially if your PSU/Netzteil has only around 100-115W TCO/Dauerleistung at 3.3+5V
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Yes I think so too. (Übrigens - hallo Hannover). I'm trying to get another power supply, now.
Thanks for your postings.

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