"Ricky Smith" <> wrote in message
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>I have 2 500GB hard drives, one with Windows XP, the other with
> Windows Vista. Both drives (when plugged in stand alone using
> different SATA cables into different SATA ports) exhibit the same
> symptoms.
>
> Windows, after a short time after boot, will experience a "drive
> freeze" where all hard drive activity completely stops (drive is not
> spinning at all). Windows is still functional, in that any
> applications already loaded continue to function, but any task
> requiring disk activity will not operate, instead will freeze.
>
> Ever since I built this computer I've had occasional issues, but this
> is the first time I've been able to eliminate bad drives and windows
> issues as the cause and it's never been this bad. It started this bad
> a few days ago. It has also frozen during a low-level virus scan which
> was performed without windows (at boot).
>
> Does this sound like it could be a bad SATA controller? Any insight
> and/or advice you could give me to help identify/repair the issue
> would be most appreciated.
Had problems myself and got the same board. Not sure but it's not up to
Gigabytes usual quality stuff. Had issues with a GA5-AX and seems to have
passed on to this generation, even if it is old.
I have other problems though such as freezes, followed by a Flash Rom read
protected mode and then BSOD on bootup. IDE hdd wanting to push past SATA
when SATA is set for bootup. But yeah, don't think I be getting another
gigabyte board. This was my fourth-fifth one in a row but enough's enough
really.
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