please help. using P4P800-X with 1008 bios. WinXP Pro SP2, 1GB Ram,
2 IDE HD, one 220GB SATA. long access on SATA such as watching movie
or compressing large files on this drive will lock up my computer.
Never had this problem with the other 2 IDE drive.
Based on the BIOS history, I would be trying the latest beta BIOS,
like 1008.004, on the off-chance that they fixed your problem
after the 1008 release.
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P4P800-X
[ 1008 ]
Fix system is unstable when system is being overclocked and
use a SATA HDD at the same time.
[ 1007 ]
Fix system boot failed when CD-ROM(2nd boot device) removed.
Fix "Overclocking fail string appear after AC power loss issue"
[ 1006 ]
Patch clock Generator outputs incorrect frequency after resuming from S3 state.
Patch system will be wake up by LAN when Onboard Lan disabled.
Fix system resume time from S3 state is too long.
[ 1005 ]
Patch Power LED turning on after AC power pluged.
[ 1004 ]
Add CPU lock free function.
Fix not Beep sound when without memory.
Add Beep sound when find VGA.
Fix CPU Frequency show error in setup menu.
[ 1003 ]
Support new CPUs. Fix system will show inaccurate speed when
FSB 533 CPU is installed.
[ 1002 ]
Fix 3Com PCI Lan Card causes system to hang during download.
[ 1001 ]
First release.
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When I look at the ICH5 datasheet, it has a separate 100MHz input
for the SATA clock. It could be that the SATA problems are caused
by the clock generator running too far from its 100MHz
frequency. Even though your BIOS has an AGP/PCI lock (set "AGP/PCI
Frequency" to 66.66/33.33), that doesn't guarantee that
the SATA is locked also. It would be good to find a program
like clockgen (cpuid.com), to try to verify the frequencies being
used, but I cannot tell what kind of clock generator chip is used
on your board.
Paul
