I got a new Gigabyte KN8-SLI Motherboard and Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 250GB SATA-II and I am having trouble installing windows. I boot from CD and add the sata drivers from floppy but when I reach the screen “press enter to install windows XP” the PC freezes. I can however see the drive in the BIOS and after a lot of messing I managed to install it as an additional drive in windows, which is located on my old IDE drive, but when I try to move a large a number of files on to the drive the entire machine locks up again. This is the second drive I have had from the retailer could it be the motherboard causing the problems?
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If you can, use another computer with SATA and see if you can install windows with that. It could be your motherboard, although its best to be sure.
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Cheers sadly I don’t have easy access to another sata motherboard but I have recently found it could be another problem. Apparently there is a problem with Diamond Max drives and Nforce motherboards which can be fixed with a firmware update to HD but maxtor seem unwilling to release one
In that, case sice its a problem with Maxtor and they aren’t willing to help with a firmware update then try returning your drive and getting a Western Digital, Seagate or Hitachi.
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In that, case sice its a problem with Maxtor and they aren’t willing to help with a firmware update then try returning your drive and getting a Western Digital, Seagate or Hitachi.
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Yes I think thats the best solution thanks for your help and I will certainly be avoiding Maxtor from now on.