Solve : BIOS(?) problems?

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Answer» Question: I have Hitachi SATA drives installed, but it shows them as "NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52G" in the DEVICE manager. Does this make a difference?Oh, it's a RAID array, but it does say healthy. I guess you have 2 drives to test. You will need the CD (iso) image to burn a CD on your working machine.When I tried to use the software, it was only looking at my IDE drives. Found nothing. I didn't see any software for SATA or RAID. Any other suggestions?Try the Seagate SeaTools, it works on most drives.I was wrong about the other software. I hadn't waited LONG enough for it to find my drives. I thought it had locked up or something. Once I let it work, the computer locked up (see my other thread) before I was able to choose a drive and start the test. Once I did start the test, I got the disposition code 0x00. I believe that nothing was wrong.Rather, I think that it meant that nothing was wrong with the hard drives. Any other thoughts on what might be causing the issues?Quote from: Computer_Commando on AUGUST 09, 2011, 01:04:57 PM Try another graphics card. I would contact whoever set up the RAID array as that appears to be the issue....` Quote from: Computer_Commando on August 13, 2011, 05:15:25 PM ANOTHER graphics card? I've already switched them out once. Quote from: LateralShamu on August 09, 2011, 03:38:57 PM OK, switched it with my OLDER video cards. Seems to have removed the problem, so either the video cards are bad or, like Shadow said, the chips need cleaned. However, another problem has cropped up (rather, cropped up again, as I've forgotten it was there since this problem arose). My computer will randomly lock up. Sometimes when I'm doing something intensive, but most of the time when the computer is doing nothing (discernible, yes I realize that the computer is likely always doing something). Any variety of activities (or just moving the mouse), and the computer simply locks up with only a reboot to regain control. Anyone have this problem? I used to have my PC lock up randomly, but that happened after I accidentally ripped off a few (voltage) PINS of my processor... the problem went away with time. No lockups so far in 1 month. It could be the power supply/processor... seeing as you have tried pretty much everything by this point...Quote from: Transfusion on August 13, 2011, 07:46:55 PM I used to have my PC lock up randomly, but that happened after I accidentally ripped off a few (voltage) pins of my processor... the problem went away with time. No lockups so far in 1 month. It could be the power supply/processor... seeing as you have tried pretty much everything by this point... I replaced the power supply once a few months ago. I doubt it's that. I'm starting to be concerned that it would be the processor or the motherboard.Quote from: patio on August 13, 2011, 06:37:16 PM I would contact whoever set up the RAID array as that appears to be the issue....` I'll try to contact the people, but why does the RAID appear to be the issue?Quote from: LateralShamu on August 15, 2011, 04:30:53 AM I'll try to contact the people, but why does the RAID appear to be the issue? Out of warranty. Any hints on why this might be the issue?

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Question: I have Hitachi SATA drives installed, but it shows them as "NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52G" in the DEVICE manager. Does this make a difference?Oh, it's a RAID array, but it does say healthy. I guess you have 2 drives to test. You will need the CD (iso) image to burn a CD on your working machine.When I tried to use the software, it was only looking at my IDE drives. Found nothing. I didn't see any software for SATA or RAID. Any other suggestions?Try the Seagate SeaTools, it works on most drives.I was wrong about the other software. I hadn't waited LONG enough for it to find my drives. I thought it had locked up or something.

Once I let it work, the computer locked up (see my other thread) before I was able to choose a drive and start the test.

Once I did start the test, I got the disposition code 0x00. I believe that nothing was wrong.Rather, I think that it meant that nothing was wrong with the hard drives.

Any other thoughts on what might be causing the issues?Quote from: Computer_Commando on AUGUST 09, 2011, 01:04:57 PM

Try another graphics card.

I would contact whoever set up the RAID array as that appears to be the issue....`
Quote from: Computer_Commando on August 13, 2011, 05:15:25 PM

ANOTHER graphics card? I've already switched them out once.
Quote from: LateralShamu on August 09, 2011, 03:38:57 PM

OK, switched it with my OLDER video cards. Seems to have removed the problem, so either the video cards are bad or, like Shadow said, the chips need cleaned.

However, another problem has cropped up (rather, cropped up again, as I've forgotten it was there since this problem arose). My computer will randomly lock up. Sometimes when I'm doing something intensive, but most of the time when the computer is doing nothing (discernible, yes I realize that the computer is likely always doing something). Any variety of activities (or just moving the mouse), and the computer simply locks up with only a reboot to regain control. Anyone have this problem?

I used to have my PC lock up randomly, but that happened after I accidentally ripped off a few (voltage) PINS of my processor... the problem went away with time. No lockups so far in 1 month. It could be the power supply/processor... seeing as you have tried pretty much everything by this point...Quote from: Transfusion on August 13, 2011, 07:46:55 PM

I used to have my PC lock up randomly, but that happened after I accidentally ripped off a few (voltage) pins of my processor... the problem went away with time. No lockups so far in 1 month. It could be the power supply/processor... seeing as you have tried pretty much everything by this point...

I replaced the power supply once a few months ago. I doubt it's that. I'm starting to be concerned that it would be the processor or the motherboard.Quote from: patio on August 13, 2011, 06:37:16 PM

I would contact whoever set up the RAID array as that appears to be the issue....`

I'll try to contact the people, but why does the RAID appear to be the issue?Quote from: LateralShamu on August 15, 2011, 04:30:53 AM

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