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| Thread ID: 65801 | 2006-01-31 08:40:00 | IDE Controller to the rescue? | DangerousDave (697) | Press F1 |
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| 425729 | 2006-01-31 08:40:00 | Hey Guys, Just been given a machine that hates me. No, it really does. First off it threw out the BSOD error at start up (winxp) of 0x24 where ntfs.sys was screwed. So I figure I can fix this by running chkdsk. No, something more sinister is happening. So I format and repartition the drive to see if the filesystem was really, really screwed. This is when I started getting the 0x7B BSOD, someething wrong with the IDE drive or the controller. So I stuck the drive in another machine to check it out, and it installs and runs windows fine. To be extra sure, I stuck a working winxp install onto the damaged machine and get the same error. I'm assuming something is wrong with the mobo/IDE controller. What I want to do is get an IDE/ATA controller from DSE or something and run it off that. The problem being that I can only find a RAID controller, can I use this for a single drive fine? Is this going to work? Thanks for any help. |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 425730 | 2006-01-31 08:42:00 | I also thought that I could use one of those fancy-pants USB2.0 enclosures too, I'm sure you can boot from them. The mobo is relatively new. | DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 425731 | 2006-01-31 08:59:00 | After reinstalling did you load the drivers for the motherboard? | Sweep (90) | ||
| 425732 | 2006-01-31 09:08:00 | It won't even boot up into windows. I thought it might be a virus, or even something wrong with the MBR (havn't got around to running fixmbr yet), but the fact that it does the same thing for two drives means something. Actually I got the trusty 0xA (IRQ thingy) error a couple of times but that seems to have gone away... Thats why I figure the IDE controller is messed. |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 425733 | 2006-01-31 09:16:00 | what the story behind it? what have you done to it? reinstall OS ? sticking another install from another machine won't work, you'll just get errors. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 425734 | 2006-01-31 09:22:00 | I formatted the drive, started installing windows xp. After it started installing, it runs up the 0x7B error. Tried sticking the drive in another machine and installing on that to check if the drive was screwed, it installs fine. I formatted as NTFS both times, ran chkdsk and all that hoo-hah. So I took a working HDD that boots fine and put it into the broken machine, and get exactly the same error. Surely despite being a different install, it should reach some point of starting up windows, not the same error. Thats why I figure its the controller, from what I've read on the 0x7B error its related to the drive or the controller. The former appears fine... |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 425735 | 2006-01-31 09:31:00 | tried the 2ndary controller? otherwise i would just get a IDE card just to test it. just check the FSB etc hasn't been overclocked or anything silly. (dust on controller etc) |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 425736 | 2006-01-31 09:47:00 | Try having a look here. www.updatexp.com Other than that what about motherboard and computer specs? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 425737 | 2006-01-31 10:09:00 | Its a pc company machine so some ****ty mobo and a P4 2.6ghz or something. Havn't tried secondary controller, will do tommorow. |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 425738 | 2006-01-31 17:07:00 | try different ram or run a ram test | drcspy (146) | ||
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