Problem with P6DBE and HD's

External Since: Mar 27, 2004 Posts: 1

I have a Supermicro P6DBE rev. 2.01 w/512MB of ECC Ram and 1-550mhz P3.
Bios is rev.3.0.

I'm trying to install Win 2003 Server.

Here is what has been happening.

When I install Win 2003 Sever the installtion will go through the entire
format of the HD and then report an error that it cannot format the HD,
and that the drive may be damaged.

Drives Tried:

Maxtor 40gig DiamondMax D540X-4D
IBM Deskstar 40 gig
Segate 40 gig

All drives came from one of my working computers.

I downloaded each mfg. drive diagnositc utilities and all drives pass the
test.

I then did a low level format of the Maxtor and re attempted the install.
same error.

I then installed WIn 98 and it worked fine, so I attempetd an upgrade to
Windows 2003 Server, it would not upgrade 98 but would install 2003 as
expected.

Installtion completes and system reboots to get into window2003 for first
time and sytem crashes with an error stating: INACCESISBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
All subsequent reboots of this install produce the same results.

I then attempted to install SUSE LinuX. It's install fails almost right
away.
Same with Mandrake 9.2, WIndows XP, Pro Windows 2000 Server and Pro.

I tried 80 conductor and 40 conductor IDE cables, to no avail. All drives
woork when palced back in other computer.

Anyone have any Ideas?

Dave

External Since: Mar 16, 2004 Posts: 19

Are you using the onboard IDE controller, or a PCI IDE controller card?
I suspect it may have something to do with how everything is
connected, but let me know, and I'll see if I can help more.

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Dave wrote:
> I have a Supermicro P6DBE rev. 2.01 w/512MB of ECC Ram and 1-550mhz P3.
> Bios is rev.3.0.
>
> I'm trying to install Win 2003 Server.
>
> Here is what has been happening.
>
> When I install Win 2003 Sever the installtion will go through the entire
> format of the HD and then report an error that it cannot format the HD,
> and that the drive may be damaged.
>
> Drives Tried:
>
> Maxtor 40gig DiamondMax D540X-4D
> IBM Deskstar 40 gig
> Segate 40 gig
>
> All drives came from one of my working computers.
>
> I downloaded each mfg. drive diagnositc utilities and all drives pass the
> test.
>
> I then did a low level format of the Maxtor and re attempted the install.
> same error.
>
> I then installed WIn 98 and it worked fine, so I attempetd an upgrade to
> Windows 2003 Server, it would not upgrade 98 but would install 2003 as
> expected.
>
> Installtion completes and system reboots to get into window2003 for first
> time and sytem crashes with an error stating: INACCESISBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
> All subsequent reboots of this install produce the same results.
>
> I then attempted to install SUSE LinuX. It's install fails almost right
> away.
> Same with Mandrake 9.2, WIndows XP, Pro Windows 2000 Server and Pro.
>
> I tried 80 conductor and 40 conductor IDE cables, to no avail. All drives
> woork when palced back in other computer.
>
> Anyone have any Ideas?
>
> Dave