okay so i have a Gigabyte k8ns ultra 939 that keeps dropping my WD1200JB hd. it was working fine then BSOD. not there anymore. fiddle around with connections, switch them around, different power rail, no go. works in another computer though. put it back in and boots to windows then BSOD. cycle repeats see begining. put the WINXP disk in afer getting it to recognize to attemt to repair winxp cause maybe its windows. been going for 24hrs now. stuck at "examining setup environment". so is the hd down again or is it the mb. i've had previous probs with this mb before.
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hd dropping out/not recognized by mb , need help.
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1st run the HDD manufacturers diagnostic with known good cables on your other machine
if it passes try running this
AT Attachment Command Test
if it passes try running this
AT Attachment Command Test
USING ATACT
well this is how I did it, and it was only employed on my PATA onboard channels
so for IDE Cards or RAID Channels, SATA ports, youll have to blunder around yourself
download ATACT demo
extract and change the .ug files to .txt files and read them
Download Dr DOS
run it and it will extract to a new floopy
access the floppy and remove the CONFIG.SYS file
(if you employ an MS-DOS boot disk you also need to remove the AUTOEXEC.BAT)
then add the ATACT.EXE file to it
reboot and change your boot order to floopy first if it isnt already
I was prompted to enter the Date and Time (???)
and then given an A:/ prompt
I always check the directory at that point (just to be sure)
A:/DIR which looked OK so
A:/ATACT P0 = runs on Primary Channel Device Zero (Master)
A:/ATACT P1 = runs on Primary Channel Device One (Slave)
A:/ATACT P01 = runs on Primary Channel Both Devices
A:/ATACT S0 = runs on Secondary Channel Device Zero (Master)
A:/ATACT S1 = runs on Secondary Channel Device One (Slave)
A:/ATACT S01 = runs on Secondary Channel Both Devices
there are lots of other switches, troubleshooting and modes
but I havent tried them, so Good Luck
