mortman Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I have beed using this MOBO since June, recetly started to have read write errors to the HD. Thaught the new IDE HD was bad, RMAed and still have same problem. Installing fresh OS (Win XP w/sp2) and recieve the error "Error loading OS" at first restart of install. Tested memory for 13 hours using memtest, all ok. Checked the HD in another system and no problem? Bios is all default. Any clue? Have RMA for the MOBO but not sure if its the MOBO or me! Thanks Mortman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy24 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 have you tried different cables? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortman Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 have you tried different cables? That was the first thing i did, should have mentioned that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy24 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 dont know if this would work , but you could try sticking the ide cable in the ide 2 on the m/b so the your hd would be secondary master and you crom as secondary slave , just to rule out a faulty ide slot.Im not sure tho as ive never tried it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loggan26 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Um i think i had a problem similar to you when i first built my rig, i used an ide drive same as you, i think it was the same error i was getting, in bios where it detects the Hdd and cdrom etc cant remember the name its the first or second option, i set from Lba to,,,, is it cbh or something like that or vice versa and it worked or auto i cant remember but you could try having a play with settings there and see if it helps. Logan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Did you check for pinched wires that could cause a short, like a side panel fan wire? Did you try to switch the molex connector? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISSA2000 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 just a note.. on my system the nvidia ide drivers did wierd things. random lockup/reboot/blue screens etc. changed the ide driver to ms pci ide driver and all my problems went away. (i still kept the sata nvidia drivers...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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