Re: Big disk - problems - (long-ish)

[andy.powell@xxxxxxx]

Just out of interest are any of these machines multiprocessor??

A.







Vince <vince@xxxxxxx>
27/12/2000 00:21
Please respond to ukha_d

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To:     ukha_d@xxxxxxx
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Subject:        Re: [ukha_d] Big disk - problems - (long-ish)

Paul, Ian,

The IRQL_LESS_THAN_EQUAL bluescreen crash has started happening now everyd
ay on my test W2K machine with a HPT370CR@P controller but on my BP6=20
machine (2 x 400CPU, W2K & all disks on the inbuilt HPT366) it never=20
happens. So it looks like I'll be getting a Promise ATA-100/66 controllerf
or my test machine!

Vince

At 19:05 23/12/00, you wrote:
>Paul, be very, very careful with that configuration.
>
>I have the SMP version of that motherboard in my server, and had
similar
>problems with the Highpoint Controller. I found that in addition to the
>IRQL_LESS_THAN_EQUAL bluescreen crash, the controller was corrupting=20
data.
>
>I had captured video, which suddenly started getting visible
glitches,=20
even
>though the initial capture was good. when I copied the data from the=20
server
>to my PC and back a few times, on each succesive copy, the video got=20
worse
>and worse, until it crashed VirtualDub outright.
>
>I now have a promise PCI controller card installed, and it has been=20
perfect
>from Day One.
>
>Personally, I think the HPT controllers are a pile of cr*p, and have
had
>tons of problems with friends PCs etc using them. My advice: spend
the=20
=A322
>on a Promise ATA-100/66 controller. It'll save much hair pulling and
>possibly a lot, lot worse......
>
>Ian.










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