More HD Trouble ;-(

[CU_AMiGA]

It would seem my "Hard drive Curse" has struck again. :boohoo:  :cry:

The Smartfilesystem message I got was a diskblock error (i think, or was it a bootblock error?). Saying there was an unexpected block at xxxxxxx when expected block was at xxxxxxxxx. This happened when i was listening to MP3, and the system crashed. Plus it would reboot the first time again.

What does this mean and how can i tackle it? I think i may have to bloody set up my Hard Drive again.

Thanks in advance

[CU_AMiGA]

Thanks for the reply.

Oh no! That crappy Maxtor HD i got. I knew i should have gotten a Samsung one. So there is nothing else in can do? The reason i changed to SFS is because FFS kept getting Checksum errors.

[CU_AMiGA]

Hi Brian,

You know i have a Power Flyer! I have been emailing you! ;-) Check my profile! :-)

[CU_AMiGA]

It could be the PIO settings. I will have another go at it tonight and format all the partitions properly. As i have nothing to lose at the moment. There seems to be a mixed reaction about wether to QUICK FORMAT or FULL FORMAT the partitons.

Thanks again guys,

-edit-

I also brought a fairly new IDE cable off a mate so i am guessing it isn't that is it? I do own a Power Flyer by the way.

[CU_AMiGA]

@piru,

A couple of people have already said about FULL FORMAT, as well as others saying QUICK FORMAT.

@framiga

Change Max Transfer to what? Is the answer in the docs?!? I kept the default setting from Amiga OS 3.9 FFS Max Transfer setting.

Thanks for the replies folks :-)

[CU_AMiGA]

@framiga,

AHA! That might explain it. What about the Max Transfer then?!

[CU_AMiGA]

@framiga,

Thanks. I use SFS on all my partitons. So i would just need to change the Max Transfer and nothing else?

I think my current Max Transfer is: 0x7FFFFFFE

[CU_AMiGA]

There is only one way to sort this out....

VOTE!

:lol:

[CU_AMiGA]

Steady guys! - We don't want a fight do we! :-)

[CU_AMiGA]

@Piru,

It could be the Power Flyer :-( The problem is, i can seem to listen to mp3 or play games on HD for an hour or so, then all hell breaks loose. I get that error message and then it freezes. Meaning a reboot, and i even get the error message on startup. Meaning another reboot. Sometimes, i would have to leave the damn thing off for 5 mins for it to reboot again. I don't think it would be a good idea to boot up Hard Drive without Power Flyer, as its 30gig. Oh yeah, i forgot. I also have a "spare" 1.7gig Hard Drive, and i also get checksum errors on that as well.

In other words, sometimes it would be working, then out of the blue all hell would break loose. To be honest, i don't know what's wrong. I thought it was Hard Drive, A1200 mobo, Power Flyer, RAM and even my PPC Accelerator!

It doesn't sound to good.

-edit-

The Power Flyer is also firmly strapped into place via the plastic clamp.

[CU_AMiGA]

@Framiga,

The PSU is the default Power Tower one - 250

[CU_AMiGA]

@Piru,

Looks as though i have no choice really. :-( Not good.

[CU_AMiGA]

x56h34 wrote:
I have MaxTransfer currecntly set to 0x0001FE00, and when I try 0x7FFFFFFF, it always returns to the first one after I SAVE in HDToolBox. I am running OS3.9-BB2 and SFS as the filesystem.

How do I make 0x7FFFFFFF stick?

AH! I had this problem as well. You have to press enter/return after entering the fields.

[CU_AMiGA]

my pleasure :-)

[CU_AMiGA]

I typed down the new Max Transfer value and i have had no trouble yet. I was listening to mp3 for about 1 hour and a bit yesterday and now checksum or disk block error as yet. But the Amiga is still in bits and will stay like that until i am satisfied and give it a thorough testing. The only error i got was under AmigaAmp, something about a buffer problem. I have never had that before.