Francois Duranleau wrote: >> I tried to change the IDE cables (I had a few spares from my father's >> computer). >> I happened to notice that I had a 40 pins cable. I replaced it with a 80 pins >> cable. I have two, I tried both: nothing changed. I still have CRC errors. >> BTW, >> there is only one drive on that cable. >> >> However, I noticed that the motherboard's chipset's fan is dead. I knew it >> was >> having a hard time spinning lately, but now, it's gone. Would it be the >> motherboard's chipset that causes those errors because it's too hot? > > Browsing around to look for potential problems with the VIA chipset driver, I > came upon this: > > http://www.tiny.cc/xORCV > (see the last post in the thread) > > Apparently, I am not the only one getting this kind of CRC errors on the > primary IDE interface (and I do happen to have this exact motherboard: > ABIT KT7). I will look if there are still some BIOS updates that may change > something. >
I think you are right. The fan malfunction is probably not the cause, since it is mounted on north bridge, and IDE controler is in south bridge, that doesn't need a fan. So, replace a motherboard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
