Ho letto riguardo a problemi (anche molto seri, come corruzione dei dati ed altro) che sono capitati a chi possiede chipset Nf4 delle mobo DFI Lanparty e hdd Maxtor Sata II.
In tal proposito ho contattato la Maxtor per chiedere delucidazioni sulla prevenzione di tali problemi, avendo letto che con un upgrade del firmware dei dischi si risolvevano eventuali incompatibilità.
Vi riporto la loro risposta:
The following issues have been identified with Maxtor SATA II drives and
the nVidia nForce4 controller.
No detection
Anomalous behavior such as data corruption
Solutions:
- Flashing the BIOS to the latest revision
- Set up the disk to SATA I modus while setting a jumper on the 2 first
pins located on the left.
- If the mainboard has another SATA controller than nVidia alike Sil Image,
highPoint or Promise, use this controller instead.
- Issues with NCQ SATA hard drives "I am using a SATA hard drive with NCQ
technology on an nForce motherboard and I am experiencing problems. How do
I fix this?"
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvid ... _topview=1
- Apply the last drivers for the nVidia nF4 chipset if they cause the issue
: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4 ... _6.85.html
- Firmware update
Firmware Update Guidelines :
- Firmware is not a replacement for troubleshooting.
- If a drive is functioning properly in a computer, do not upgrade the
firmware. - Many customers are under the impression that they need to be
at the "latest and greatest" firmware revision for their drives in order to
achieve maximum performance. Many receive this impression because
motherboard manufacturers regularly release BIOS updates for their hardware
and many other hardware mfrs. regularly release driver updates. A good
example of this is nVidia's graphics controllers where they are currently
up to their 80th point release of graphics drivers. However with hard
drives, the hardware is extensively tested with known configurations and
later can be made incompatible by connecting it to new hardware.
- Firmware updates should always be the LAST step of troubleshooting, only
after all other methods have been exhausted, with the exception of known
compatibility issues. It is quite possible that a firmware update may
actually reduce the performance of a hard drive or kill it completely.
Note: This solution is only to be applied to the listed products and only
when used with the nForce4 chipset. If you are unsure as to which chipset
you have, contact your motherboard manufacturer or visit your motherboard
manufacturer's website for clarification.
Kind Regards,
Technical Support Team, Maxtor Ireland Ltd.
La mia domanda per voi è: qualcuno con la mia stessa mobo ha avuto problemi con hdd Maxtor? Se sì, cosa vi è successo? Come avete rimediato?
Grazie
