frank white Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Buddies system Im trying to get started nf4 Expert 4400+ Toledo 2x1gb Ballistix Tracers Seasonic 600w Maxtor 320gb Diamondmax10 sata pioneer dvd xfx 7800gtx xp home Anyway, having a hard time getting it started, once i did get it into the windows install it hangs up when I am at the partition page... Any help?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberparasite Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 try the install with 1 stick in #2, the furthest orange from the socket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afabco Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 There are known issues between maxtor sata-II hard drives and nvidia nforce4 mobos. No workarounds that I know of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syar2003 Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Well one workaround is to put it on one of the silicone image ports (if you're lucky to have a mobo with them) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madu Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 The Maxtor and nForce4 incompatibility is quite famous around here.. But seems doesn't happen to everybody, BUT there is a problem. Specially with DiamondMax 9/10. Are you using SATAII mode? Try changing it to SATAI mode.. I had the same problem when the jumper was in SATAII mode.. If that doesnt help, try plugging the cable to ports 3 or 4. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdoradz Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 i got 2 SATA maxtor 80Gb DM9 here and its been working fine for 1 month in raid ) then last week, its startd to screw up and i have install windows a couple time, now the hard drive is corrupting files and windows dont boot any more im going to test my both hard drive in a friend Intel Box to see if the pass the powermax test maybe gonna update my PSU since its a bit cheap i have post on another forums and i already have the lastest frimwire for the DM9 HDD so i donnu what does the screwing . in my box yet nay ideas??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nYdGeo Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 I read that the hard drive firmware update has not fixed the issue for everyone that is seeing problems. it may still be the Maxtor DM series vs NF4 problem manafesting itself differently. Good luck! Also, I tried putting my Maxtor DM9 on the SI SATA controller, set that controller to just SATA in the BIOS, and the Windows installer again said no hard disk found! I have no freaking idea now...are those controllers jumped to a SATA-II setting by default that can be changed to SATA-I? If so, please PM me! Guess I'll try my 120GB PATA hard disk and see if it works Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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