Loss of Data/CPU spikes with new harddrive in Sx 2.0

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Hello, I recently bought an 80 gig harddrive at 7200RPM from Seagate with many problems; I then took the seagate out and installed a Maxtor 80 gig 7200RPM harddrive with the same problems. I have installed both drive correctly useing the software which came with the products and setting the jumpers correctly. Keep in mind this is the second/slave haddrive.

-Here are my problems: I have experienced data lost of data on my Cubase SX projects AND I when I save to the second/slave drive and re-open the project, I get HUGE CPU spikes that render my project un-usable!

I have always had 2 harddrive in my computer but this all started to happen when I up-graded to my 80 gig drive. I have a Pentium IV at 2.0, 1.5 gigs of RAM.

Help me the best way you can , PLEASE!
 
You might be right.... cuz I installed 1 gig of new RAM when I installed the new harddrive.

I'll give that memory test a spin!

Thanks.
 
For Starters if you're using it as a "Slave" drive on the same channel as your "Master" OS drive I would move it to be "Master" on your second IDE Channel.
 
Easto, I don't even understand what yer say'in... Please bear with my ignorance...

Crankz1, I tried that memory thing for about 18 hours straight, and it appears that my memory is fine...
 
The following is copied from one of my previous posts ......

To be more specific ... Most computers (desktop anyways) have at least Two IDE controllers ... channel one and channel two. On each channel you have space for two devices ... typically labeled Device 0 and Device 1. Device 0 will be the device connected at the end of the cable (at least that is the way I look at it) If you use two devices on one cable, you must set the jumpers on the devices accordingly. Also use proper cables (80 conductor cables will do fine on any IDE device) The device on the end of the cable will be set for MASTER and the device in the middle of the cable will be set as SLAVE. In your case ... I would put drive 1 on the end of the cable for channel 1, and set it for MASTER. The CD burner will hook up at the middle of that same cable, and set it as SLAVE. Drive 2 .... will be on the end of the cable for channel 2 and set as MASTER, even if it's the only device connected to that cable. Later on down the road, you may decide to stick a DVD ROM or even just a plain old CD ROM drive in as SLAVE on the secondary channel. (saving wear and tear on the burner when doing plain reading)
Seeing as how the main purpose of a DAW is for recording to the harddrives and burning CD's last ... separate them drives. who cares about the speed of the CD burner. You should be burning your songs at a slow speed anyway to avoid errors. In essence ... you are using the harddrives more than you will be using the CD burner, so give um some elbow room ... split them dudes up. They will repay you with less headaches of having to hunt down the cause of pops and clicks and drop-outs.

If you bust open your case and find that there is not two connection points on your cables .... Fear not ... just go buy some new 80 conductor cables. You can even get some of them slick lookin round ones for fairly cheap now-a-days.
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DMA ..... If you don't know how or where to check for this, this picture may help.


HTH

-Ken
 
Thanks for your repys guys....

I contacted Maxtor and the rep told me that it is a power supply issue. Power supply issue?!? My computer was working just fine before I added my 80gig harddrive, my original one was a 40gig.
 
Yeah .... theres a lot to be said about PSU's buy the best you can afford.
I use a Thermaltake Silent Purepower dual fan 420 watt unit. Very pleased with it's performance.
 
so I have to replace my fans and other stuff? How would I go about doing this?
 
No .... just the power supply .... Go to Best Buy or where ever and get a decent Antec power supply I'd recommend at least a 400 watt unit.
It's pretty straight forward ..... just unplug everything ... four screws hold the PSU (power supply) in. Swap it out with the new one and hook all the plugs back up.
Note: The new PSU may have more and some connectors that your old one doesn't have .... don't worry just tie um up and stuff um out of the way of air-flow through the case.

A good PSU ... will be around $50 to $100 and kinda heavy.
Don't buy a cheap light weight one ... you will regret it in the long run.

-Ken
 
Some people beleive that some things in life are just not ment to be. I was not really a firm beleiver in that saying, until to day!

-So I go to CompUSA, and pick up a $100 Antec 430 watt power supply; my old supply was only 300 watts, and guess what... THE SAME PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURING! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
On boot up , I keep on gettting an error message and it tells me to go into BIOS power set-up, but I don't see what the error is??

BTW, my AUX cable is not hooked up cuz there is no place for it, plus the manual doesn't state that it is needed for correct functioning of my computer
 
What are the exact specs of your computer?
mobo brand/model?
Processor?
 
If the error is happening to fast for you to see what it is .... try hitting pause/break as soon as you get the error.
 
I have:

ASUS P4B533 MOBO (D3AU)
P4 @ 2.0 (512k)
Maxtor ultra 133 40 gig 7200RPM
Maxtor Ultra 133 80 gig 7200RPM
1.5 gig of DDR PC2100 266Mhz RAM
 
Looking at a picture of your mobo at the Asus website .... I see three points on the mobo for power connections.
1) main connection between the floppy and IDE
2)aux connection next to the set of DIP switches
3) Molex connection next to the capacitors along the processor

Are all three of these present on your board?
 
No, I don't see them, I have the map right infront of me, the one that came in the box, are you sure your looking at the P4B533?
 
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