Hi
This one has really got me stumped.
I have a LANParty Nforce II Ultra Rev A with a AMD 2600+. I do a lot of video editing, so I have loads of HDs: The system one is on the ATA Primary Channel, and 3 AV disks on the onboard Highpoint controller. (The DVD+_Rs are on the secondary Channel).
For a while, things were working OK, then I had disk errors on one of the disks attached to the highpoint controller. Chkdsk seemed unable to fix it (kept finding more errors) until it conked out completely. I ran the Maxtor tools on it; it didnt find anything wrong with it, low-level checks and format, and writing 1's to it, etc, all fine. So I booted back to windows and tried to format it - which looked ok until the end of the long wait when it said 'Could not complete the format'. I tried a variery of things, then finally put in on the primary channel, next to my system disk, and tried it again - it worked.
But I have had more problems with disks on that highpoint controller since, and have now had enough, after 4 HD failures. incidentally, I can recommend a software called Disk Scavenger for getting files out of corrupt disks.
I need a mobo with good HD capability. I havent migrated to SATA yet; thats a possibility. I'd like a dual-core obviously, when they come out. In the meantime, is there anything anyone can suggest to help me out? Anyone had similar problems? Any recommendations on mobos, both for AMD X2 and Intel's new dual-core?
cheers
-Slay