Write delay errors...I'm STUMPED!

jag0

Limp Gawd
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Hey guys...so I've come here before looking for help with odd problems on systems I build and have found solutions for the most part.

However...I need some help with my own system...

First off, here are my specs (this is a system I built myself almost a year ago exactly):

  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (939)
  • Gigabyte K8N Pro SLI
  • 2GB Corsair DDR 400 (2 x 1GB)
  • (2) Geforce 7800GT 256MB PCI-e video cards (in SLI configuration)
  • Thermaltake (W0057) PSU 500W
  • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
  • Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA II HDD
  • Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM ATA-133 HDD
  • WD 120GB 7200RPM ATA-133 HDD
  • Lite-On DVD-ROM
  • Lite-On DVD-RW

Ok...so as of very recently (say about a month to 1-1/2 months ago) I started getting Write Delay errors in Window XP MCE 2005 and BSODs. Now the BSODs I think were coming from the video drivers (I was using v91.37 at the time) but the Write Delay errors I can't explain.

I currently have the 300GB SATA II drive partitioned into an 80GB drive (which is my main C Drive) and the other 200GB partition as my main data drive (music, files, downloads, personal projects, etc.) I also have Windows XP x64 on a different physical hard drive but I never experience these Write Delay errors in XP64.

These Write delay errors will happen when I'm just surfing the web, getting ready to load a game, copying files, etc. What is odd though is that it doesn't happen all the time but is instead kind of sporadic.

I even did a full reformat last night thinking it would maybe solve the problem, but it didn't.

So...anybody have any ideas?
 
sounds like your hard drive is dying. Go download Maxtor's hard drive diagnostic program and see whats up.
 
Man I hope it isn't dying...I bought that 300GB drive back in late April 2006.

/argh
 
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