790 corruption issues?

[DaMulta]

I think I hit a corruption issue in XP


Defragment/analyze doesn't work anymore. I click and noting happens.

Open Office will not install telling me windows is not installed properly.

I can't burn or even copy files to my CD-ROM drive anymore.

I fired my video cards BUT now I'm wondering could this problem cause this?
http://img.techpowerup.org/080414/sdsdsds.jpg


ASUS 790i SIIE

Installed on a 500 gig SATA drive.

[lopri]

lopri, so while it still copies you defrag the partitions you were copying to?

Yes. But like I mentioned, it's kinda extreme (and stupid) way to test disk controller. I didn't do it from the beginning.

I would get lock-ups while installing a game or occasional defragmentation. I first set up RAID but I quickly realized there is no way that RAID would work on that board, so I switched to IDE mode. Even with a single drive, I would get lock-ups which would eventually lead to total system corruption. I first noticed that defragmenting caused the corruption, so I decided to test it out. Even without file copying under way, non-stop defrag would result in lock-ups and corruptions. Large file copying was also another cause I noticed, so I decided to mix the two (copy & defrag) to fully stress the disk controller.

Of course I didn't sit for hours just to copy/defrag , but installing OS/applications and setting up the system usually involves those activities, so I just did it a little more excessively.

Again, this is a story about my past 680i. But at this point, I think anyone with 790i should fully test her/his disk controller before using it as a 24/7 system.

[saaya]

multa, did you try the system integrity check via cmd command?

lopri, well no, NVIDIA and the mainboard mfgs should test the disk controller before SELLING it as a 24/7 system :P
but yeah, i guess its best to test the integrity somehow.
But i thought copying large files would be enough...
didnt that trigger any problems for you?

just copy the files and then check if they are identical to the original file, or copy a rar archive and check if the checksum is ok?

i remember reading that the problem with 680 corruption had something to do with the controller cutiting off the last bits of the packages that get sent from/to the hdds. but it didnt happen all the time, or it did, but it didnt cause any problemscause it was extra bits that werent entirely necessary or something.

[MateoTTR]

so whats suppose to happen here with this check? when i do it, it demands to have the XP SP2 disk in the drive then it goes through its little progress bar and the prompt disappears. nothing ever comes up after the progress bar. i am assuming then that it didn't find any errors?

reason i ask is because i am crushing XP installs one right after the other trying to push this memory kit i am working with over 1050MHz HCI stable. but when i do the file check, it does what i outlined above. i am pretty sure the borked Windows are simply from pushing memory too far and not the corruption issues being discussed here.

I would like an answer to this as well.
Last time I tried sfc /now, I had multiple times a popup requesting XP cds, and after the progress bar finishes nothing happens, no msg whatsoever...

Also what is the most robust way to check that your system suffers from data corruption, what are the signs?

Note: I realized that I had a lot of data corruption using the network adapters. I was connected to my other rig though gig ethernet (other rig is nforce 4 sli + amd x2 4600+) and for every file above > 5 GB I had 1 or 2 bytes corrupted.
I uninstalled nvidia network access manager and now it seems to be fixed.
Again wtf ! The network corruption bug was already there on nforce 4 (remember active armor?!).

[BenchZowner]

AFAIR in Windows XP if SFC asks you for your windows disc, then it's "replacing" the corrupted files.

[MateoTTR]

AFAIR in Windows XP if SFC asks you for your windows disc, then it's "replacing" the corrupted files.

damn you are right:
If any of the system files is missing or corrupt, it will then search certain system folders to see if it can find a healthy version of the target system file. When a required healthy file can be found, it is then copied to the appropriate folder. If a healthy target file cannot be found in those folders then SFC will request that you insert the XP installation CD. If you have a CD that has XP incorporating SP2, then the subsequent steps in running SFC should be straightforward.

When SFC finishes its work you will not get any report - the SFC progress dialog box simply disappears. If any files are reinstated SFC will do that without telling you and as far as I know, a log file is not created. This lack of feedback is not nice.

I guess I can join the corruption bandwagon...

[DaMulta]

multa, did you try the system integrity check via cmd command?

.

I''ve never even heard of that.

[BenchZowner]

I''ve never even heard of that.

Start -> Run -> sfc /scannow

[DaMulta]

Start -> Run -> sfc /scannow

corporate auto install XP disc gives me this

[gmcg]

So far I have no corruption issues. We had a conversation with an xtreme salesman in Microcenter, who said that there are no problem only with Seagate and WD drives (exactly what I use), can anyone evaluate this information/confirm it?

[5010]

So far I have no corruption issues. We had a conversation with an xtreme salesman in Microcenter, who said that there are no problem only with Seagate and WD drives (exactly what I use), can anyone evaluate this information/confirm it?

You listen to salesmen? I sell hardware myself and the stuff my customers tell me they've been told by other salesmen is 99% unfounded no0b speak.

[BenchZowner]

corporate auto install XP disc gives me this

Is your corporate XP disc SP2 ?
Because if you're running XP SP2 you need a SP2 cd for the SFC to recover the corrupted files [ there's also another way, but I don't remember what to do exactly to guide you through it ].

Unfortunately for you as well, this message means that you have data corruption.

[RLM]

Not sure if this helps.

http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Involves copying the I386 folder from Cd to harddrive and then a simple regedit.

RLM

[Razor_Blade]

Sorry if I missed it, but could these issues be avoided by using a Areca RAID Controller? Obviously this doesn't help if your RAM overclock is what mucks it up, but would it help in the other cases?

[BenchZowner]

Sorry if I missed it, but could these issues be avoided by using a Areca RAID Controller? Obviously this doesn't help if your RAM overclock is what mucks it up, but would it help in the other cases?

Somebody used a controller ( think it was an Areca card as well ) and HAD corruption as well.

[RealTelstar]

Somebody used a controller ( think it was an Areca card as well ) and HAD corruption as well.

on the drives connected to the Areca? i find that not likely possible...

hmm

[BenchZowner]

on the drives connected to the Areca? i find that not likely possible...

hmm

Yes, on the drives connected to the Areca.

[slim142]

Anybody besides OBR had corruptions or BSoDs using RAID with Nvidia Mediashield?

[eternal_fantasy]

Sorry if I missed it, but could these issues be avoided by using a Areca RAID Controller? Obviously this doesn't help if your RAM overclock is what mucks it up, but would it help in the other cases?

on the drives connected to the Areca? i find that not likely possible...

hmm

My post, first page of this thread.

[TheHardCase]

Much time has passed for me testing the Striker II Extreme & I'm still not sure how I corrupted my first install of vista 64bit.
I'm now 100% sure that this issue does not apply to my setup or motherboard.
I've tried everything to get corruption to happen but it just won't repeat. How many times can you BSOD ect, run everything that you can think of & windows still boots.

Now on another note, I changed from vista64 to vista32 can this be the difference?
Can we get a run down on what operating system is being used, just a thought but maybe nothing.
Only other change I made was viper 1600 to viper 1800, just can't see that making a difference.

[DaMulta]

I'm just going to hold off on major ocing to they release a bios to fix this.....

[gmcg]

You listen to salesmen? I sell hardware myself and the stuff my customers tell me they've been told by other salesmen is 99% unfounded no0b speak.

No the guy is a game developer with xtreme stuff, like all of us.
He has for example qx9850 - not so many of us have it from Intel for testing, don't you think so? He looked quite knowledgeable, plus his words confirmed what I know about that "secret" 790P03R2 BIOS.

[5010]

No the guy is a game developer with xtreme stuff, like all of us.
He has for example qx9850 - not so many of us have it from Intel for testing, don't you think so? He looked quite knowledgeable, plus his words confirmed what I know about that "secret" 790P03R2 BIOS.

LOLz.. Well whatever u wanna think man.. Did you SEE this "9850?" by any chance?

[dinos22]

LOLz.. Well whatever u wanna think man.. Did you SEE this "9850?" by any chance?

mayeb it's a special IntAMD version

[slim142]

mayeb it's a special IntAMD version

Well at least thats "somewhat" (if I can say that) believable, if the staff guy woulda have say something like "QX9775", then that woulda be...