Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

[zaone]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

The guy tha`s going to buy it from me intends to use it on a SATA1 compatible mainboard and that`s why i was asking, thanks a lot, hopefully it will be soled today.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Ahh ok

Good luck in your sales, just ebay'd a drive myself

[zaone]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

No luck so far and i`m not sure what to do: sending it to RMA and wait for GOD knows how long for GOD knows what answer they`ll give me or leaving it on the market?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Ya, I dunno about WD RMA's I know Seagate you dont even have to wonder, just wait. They send you a new one either way. You should just ebay it I suppose and buy a new one, or older used one for now

[zaone]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Well let me give you some news, ebay does not deal with people from this region. It never has and some time will surely pass untill it will.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Sure it does, new policy's. Everyone who is a seller is now covered fully to ship anywhere in the world by paypal. And besides, it is not ebay you really need to deal with, only paypal and the seller of a Item.

So really, you just need to find a seller (Which there is many) who ships to your country, and message them and let them know you are for real and want to make a purchase. Even if you are in nigerea you can buy on ebay

[zaone]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Well it think that won`t be necesary because i think i`ve got to the core of the problem. I`ve set the performance setting to Standard and disabled SATA and set the IDE controller to RAID i don`t know which of these two did it but so far it works great, no more freezez even if winrar is extracting an archive or if i`m installing something, i just hope it`s not just a breath of air and things go down the drain again.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Performance settings likely. Should always be on standard

[zaone]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

The performance setting was the problem, now it works great, even with AHCI enabled, that`s a big relief, thanks for everything and i hope i won`t be forced to post any more problems here again :D

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Glad you got it, Ya know I suggested that in Post #14. But we have had a long discussion so I guess you could have forgot or overlooked it!

Anyway, glad to hear you are back in action. Post anytime, we dont mind

[svcglobal]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Just my 2 cents but first here is my setup:

E7200 OC @3.5GHz VCORE=1.200V
Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 2GB @9-9-9-24
EP35C-DS3R
two WD 160GB Raptor in RAID0
one Seagate 250GB
CWT 450W PSU (great one!)

So, got some sporadic hiccup on video and DreamScene but fixed with Vista SP1 and F3 (no more beta) bios update.

[VorLonUK]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

First IDE is really SATA so dont let it make you think it is that much slower because it says IDE, it is just GA's way of saying SATA mode in the BIOS. Alot of boards say it this way

Second, when you installed your System did you install the Pre OS driver with the F6 method (Or in vista's case the load driver method)? If not that is likely why you are having issues, you MUST install the driver during OS install

Did you check to make sure there is NO jumper on your disk? Some ship with them and some do not, if you have on on there please remove it

Also, what do you have PCIE Freq Set on in the BIOS? If you are overclocking, or not really you should manually set it to 100

Actually Not True for Vista. I have Vista 64 and have simply installed the "user friendly" Intel Matrix Storage manager (which updates the AHCI driver) after OS Install.

Vista has Native Support for AHCI "out of the box"

Don't take my word for it - "from the horses mouth". Release Notes for the latest Intel matrix storage manager driver F6 mode (This applies too, to previous releases and Vista 32/64)



Intel Quote:-

The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista*.

Ms Vista built in driver = Msahci.sys
Relative info:- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Gigabyte EP35C DS3R AHCI problems

Yes, I am aware of that. I must have either thought you was using XP for some reason, or thought since you were having such issues that you may want to try the F6 method anyway

Not required does not always mean won't help in some situations

And it would also have been suggested for anyone who is using the Gigabyte controller