bernardv Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 I have a pretty strange problem; over time my onboard SATA controller seems to be getting slower and slower until it clogs up completly and disks become unoperational. Then I get a bluescreens or a no boot etc.. This gradual deterioration takes about a month. The only way to get back to normal is to: - shut down the computer - unplug SATA cables - power on without the disks - power off and re-plug the cables After that everything is back to normal and I'm good for another month! I used to have a single disk, now I have two and it makes no differene. I also went from XP to Vista and now to Win 7 - no difference. Another thing, I have a high bandwith internet connection and if I open a torrent, there can be a lot of traffic in both directions. This seems to speed up the process of clogging the controller. If I don't use a lot of P2P I can can go without a SATA unplug-re-plug for a longer time. My specs: MSI K9A2 Platinum (790FX/SB600 - yes SB600 is crappy but still it shouldn' do this) PhII [email protected] (downclocking has no effect on this problem) 4 GB DDR2 RAM@1GHz Radeon 4850 2 different SATA disks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel.monteiro Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 I cant understand clogs up in sence ur HDD is getting full or does the speed get slow by time,this can be a problem with ur HDD also,have u tried using othere HDD on ur Pc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebarone Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 If its truely a motherboard problem, then try re-flashing the BIOS, ideally to a newer version. Then I guess try to find some chipset drivers, and lastly, maybe try to find a sata -> ide converter cable. If they exist, idk. If not, then its time for an upgrade! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardv Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) If its truely a motherboard problem, then try re-flashing the BIOS, ideally to a newer version. Then I guess try to find some chipset drivers, and lastly, maybe try to find a sata -> ide converter cable. If they exist, idk. If not, then its time for an upgrade! My BIOS was updated when I bought the board, I don't wna't to do it myself since I've had some bad luck with that before. Drivers can't be the cause, because when the computer is in a bad state even BIOS can't find the disks. I'm not sure what would I do with a SATA/IDE converter. As for upgrading; I have no need for a faster CPU whatsoever. I might buy a similar board, something with a SB750 if some magic solution doesn't appear in the near future. I'm worried though it might be the PSU. Changing the board is a masive undertaking if you count reinstalling the OS and all. If it turns out something else is the cause ... :angry2: PS I flashed the board. What the hell, I should at leats try this before I buy a new one. It went OK. I'll see in a few weeks if there is any difference. Edited April 23, 2010 by bernardv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebarone Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 No need to reinstall any OS if you get the same board! Anyways, good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardv Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 It was the #%!&%$! disk. I started benchmarking them when problems reapeard and one of them drew some pretty strange performance graphs. Then I bought a Seagate 7200.12 with the same 500 GB capacity, copied the contents over (including Windows 7 installation) and it booted no problem. Solved my PC at last and it cost me only 50€ and not much work! :thumbsup2: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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