Maxtor RMA

30th October 2003, 19:31

i have a 120 GB 8MB cache HD from Maxtor that is failing...
unfortunately i also have an NF7-S motherboard, so PowerMax won't give me an error code for the RMA form (nVidia chipsets are not compatible)...

anybody any ideas how i can get the RMA over with quickly ?
i don't really want to wait till they update their version of PowerMax so it's compatible with the nVidia chipsets...

30th October 2003, 19:36

nevermind, i found an old motherboard, i will try to run powermax with the HD attached to that one...
should work i think...

30th October 2003, 21:59

you'll have to format bacause the drivers are different, it may work but i wouldn't do that, i may give different errors

greetz

30th October 2003, 22:39

let me recap the situation here,
the hard drive is partitioned in a partition of 20 GB (OS, apps and games) and one of 100 GB (data)...

now the HD won't boot anymore (out of the blue, happened suddenly),
if i put the HD on primary slave and boot from another HD, the 100 GB partition is still accessible and i am able to read/write to it...
if i try to format, it says the HD has an irrecoverable error in it and it stops the format-process
so formatting is not an option...
i will try just putting the HD in another rig and running powermax on that rig.
it should work because i will not boot from it (i will just put it on slave), and the other motherboard is one without any nVidia chipset...

3rd November 2003, 11:30

I've used powermax on several types of mobo's (be sure to get the latest)
I can't say if one was a NF chip but chances are high.
I know the previous version had problems with it.

If you have to press Y at boot you got the old one.
f8 is the corerct one.

30th October 2003, 19:31	#1
Darkstar Posts: n/a	Maxtor RMA i have a 120 GB 8MB cache HD from Maxtor that is failing... unfortunately i also have an NF7-S motherboard, so PowerMax won't give me an error code for the RMA form (nVidia chipsets are not compatible)... anybody any ideas how i can get the RMA over with quickly ? i don't really want to wait till they update their version of PowerMax so it's compatible with the nVidia chipsets...

30th October 2003, 19:36	#2
Darkstar Posts: n/a	nevermind, i found an old motherboard, i will try to run powermax with the HD attached to that one... should work i think...

30th October 2003, 21:59	#3
Da_BoKa Posts: n/a	you'll have to format bacause the drivers are different, it may work but i wouldn't do that, i may give different errors greetz

30th October 2003, 22:39	#4
Darkstar Posts: n/a	let me recap the situation here, the hard drive is partitioned in a partition of 20 GB (OS, apps and games) and one of 100 GB (data)... now the HD won't boot anymore (out of the blue, happened suddenly), if i put the HD on primary slave and boot from another HD, the 100 GB partition is still accessible and i am able to read/write to it... if i try to format, it says the HD has an irrecoverable error in it and it stops the format-process so formatting is not an option... i will try just putting the HD in another rig and running powermax on that rig. it should work because i will not boot from it (i will just put it on slave), and the other motherboard is one without any nVidia chipset...

3rd November 2003, 11:30	#5
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	I've used powermax on several types of mobo's (be sure to get the latest) I can't say if one was a NF chip but chances are high. I know the previous version had problems with it. If you have to press Y at boot you got the old one. f8 is the corerct one.