ASUS A7N8X SATA data corruption - Silicon Image 3112 - Serial ATA- BSOD

Nom wrote:
> "Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
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>>Señor Apellido wrote:
>>
>>>Hardware: ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard
>>>Drive, high quality ram, case, ps.
>>>
>>>OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers)
>>>
>>>Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive).
>>>
>>>Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will
>>>cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash.
>>>Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024.
>>>
>>>My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A).
>>>
>>>Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The
>>>motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS
>>>does not provide enough information to determine this.
>>>
>>>Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable utility
>>>cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete
>>>the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information
>>>of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After
>>>bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a
>>>second disk.
>>>
>>>NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS
>>>(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...NTFSDOS.shtml).
>>>
>>>Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might
>>>buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another
>>>product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image.
>>>
>>
>>For what it's worth, Silicon Image claims that the problem is with the
>>ASUS BIOS.
>
>
> It is, and the latest BIOS fixes it.
>
>
>>I should not have been able to purchase a new motherboard
>>with a known bug this severe.
>
>
> Er, the bug is fixed.
>
>
The corruption didn't crash the system until two weeks ago. The latest
BIOS wasn't available when I purchased the motherboard almost a month ago.

Nom wrote:
> "Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
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>>Nom wrote:
>>
>>>"Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Hardware: ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard
>>>>Drive, high quality ram, case, ps.
>>>>
>>>>OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers)
>>>>
>>>>Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive).
>>>
>>>
>>>The problem is cured with the VERY LATEST BIOS.
>>>
>>>Flash it, then reformat ALL your drives, and reinstall Windows XP. Use
>
> the
>
>>>.29 SATA driver from here
>
> http://web.newsguy.com/nomnet/silicon_v10029.zip
>
>>Other than the corrupted partition, why is it necessary to reformat all
>>drives?
>
>
> Because you need to remove the corruption that's already present.
> If you want to miss out this step, then go ahead. But it's likely you'll run
> into problems later.
>
>
I replaced the drive, so I should have that covered. I was just
wondering if you knew any specifics about the corruption.

"Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
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> Nom wrote:
> > "Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
> > news:g5bKa.23698$...
> >
> >>Señor Apellido wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hardware: ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard
> >>>Drive, high quality ram, case, ps.
> >>>
> >>>OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers)
> >>>
> >>>Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive).
> >>>
> >>>Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will
> >>>cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash.
> >>>Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024.
> >>>
> >>>My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A).
> >>>
> >>>Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The
> >>>motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS
> >>>does not provide enough information to determine this.
> >>>
> >>>Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable
utility
> >>>cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete
> >>>the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information
> >>>of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After
> >>>bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a
> >>>second disk.
> >>>
> >>>NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS
> >>>(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...NTFSDOS.shtml).
> >>>
> >>>Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might
> >>>buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another
> >>>product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image.
> >>>
> >>
> >>For what it's worth, Silicon Image claims that the problem is with the
> >>ASUS BIOS.
> >
> >
> > It is, and the latest BIOS fixes it.
> >
> >
> >>I should not have been able to purchase a new motherboard
> >>with a known bug this severe.
> >
> >
> > Er, the bug is fixed.
> >
> >
> The corruption didn't crash the system until two weeks ago. The latest
> BIOS wasn't available when I purchased the motherboard almost a month ago.

Same situation here.
But now the problem is fixed, so don't worry about it

Nom wrote:
> "Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
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>
>>Nom wrote:
>>
>>>"Señor Apellido" <> wrote in message
>>>news:g5bKa.23698$ ...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Señor Apellido wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hardware: ASUS A7N8X Motherboard (1004 Bios), Seagate 80GB SATA Hard
>>>>>Drive, high quality ram, case, ps.
>>>>>
>>>>>OS: Windows XP Pro (1.0.0.22 SiI3112A SATA drivers)
>>>>>
>>>>>Problem: Hard drive data corruption (NTFS boot drive).
>>>>>
>>>>>Symptoms: Windows XP Pro reboots during bootup sequence. Drive will
>>>>>cause any computer that attempts to read from partition to crash.
>>>>>Recovery Console BSOD with a STOP 0x00000024.
>>>>>
>>>>>My Theory: Bad SATA drivers or bad SATA controller (SiI3112A).
>>>>>
>>>>>Solution: Swap motherboard and SATA drive with IDE drive. The
>>>>>motherboard (except for SATA drivers) might have been fine, but ASUS
>>>>>does not provide enough information to determine this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Notes: Corrupt (primary) partition was lost. Seagate's bootable
>
> utility
>
>>>>>cd exits to a DOS prompt after loading SATA drivers, so you can delete
>>>>>the bad partition using fdisk. Do not try to get partition information
>>>>>of bad parition using fdisk (http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/). After
>>>>>bad partition was deleted, drive was recognized and accessible as a
>>>>>second disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>NTFSDOS can be used to access an NTFS partition from DOS
>>>>>(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...NTFSDOS.shtml).
>>>>>
>>>>>Conclusion: This is the first problem I have had with ASUS, and I might
>>>>>buy another motherboard from them. I would never purchase another
>>>>>product that includes hardware or software from Silicon Image.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>For what it's worth, Silicon Image claims that the problem is with the
>>>>ASUS BIOS.
>>>
>>>
>>>It is, and the latest BIOS fixes it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I should not have been able to purchase a new motherboard
>>>>with a known bug this severe.
>>>
>>>
>>>Er, the bug is fixed.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The corruption didn't crash the system until two weeks ago. The latest
>>BIOS wasn't available when I purchased the motherboard almost a month ago.
>
>
> Same situation here.
> But now the problem is fixed, so don't worry about it
>
>
I wish I could. I think I suffer from POST traumatic stress disorder.
Hardy har har