My Windows XP SP2 system boots extremely slowly. In the event viewer there are two event ID 9: The device, \Device\Scsi\HPT3021, did not respond within the timeout period. The events occur booting in Safe Mode and after a fresh install of Windows XP (slipstream SP2). I’ll perhaps install a non SP2 Windows XP to rule out SP2 problems? I am finding this difficult to narrow down.
I guess the culprit will be one of three items:
Motherboard: ABit KD7
Hard Disk: Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA
SATA Controller: Highpoint Rocket 1520 (non-RAID)
The hard disk and controller are relatively new.
I have tried:I used Hitachi’s feature tool to set the HDD mode down to ATA33. This did not help, boots much slower and now there are six event id 9 every boot. Even worse, even though the drive is detected by the SATA controller and my system boots, neither of Hitachi’s tools now detect the drive, so I am stuck at ATA33 I guess the problems are related.
- Removing all other devices
- The latest BIOS and drivers
- Moving the SATA controller into different PCI slots
- Swapping SATA ports on the card and a different cable
- Slowing down to ATA33 (see below)
- Hitachi Drive Fitness Tester (passed advanced test)
- HD Tune 2.51 (passed)