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dasker   06-03-2009 at 10:44:29 PM

Okey, I've got a computer thats about 1 year old and its being an a** >:

First, I had 2 IDE's, and installing windows XP on those took about 6-7 hours,

so I later tried on a SATA harddrive which was the original with the computer, and it still took 6-7 hours to install (vista this time)!

So, do you have any idea of what the problem might be?

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Bronze Storage badge r_manic   06-04-2009 at 01:58:39 PM
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Either a connection inside your PC got knocked loose or there's something wrong with your motherboard. I suggest you try the hard disks with another computer if possible.

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dasker   06-04-2009 at 02:54:33 PM
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Right before I tested it in that computer I had it in my new computer, then it worked, so I guess its the motherboard?

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Bronze Storage badge sub mesa   06-04-2009 at 05:34:45 PM
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You are probably running in PIO mode, and can be identified by a simple HDTune benchmark, showing very high CPU usage and a flag horizontal line not exceeding 16.7MB/s (the highest PIO speed). PIO is a last-resort fallback if the usual DMA transfer failed. This can be caused by driver issues or a bad cable/device.

PIO mode can be remedied often by deleting the relevant IDE/SATA controller from device manager and reboot, after the reboot it will be automatically added again, and should work at DMA speeds again.

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dasker   06-04-2009 at 07:29:31 PM
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Ok, will try that!

I am now using the 2 IDE drives in that computer instead, wanted some more space in the new one ^^

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