pauli

Hi, okay, I have a problem and I can’t seem to fix it… I have an Adaptec SCSI 19160 Ultra 160 SCSI card and a Seagate ST373207LW 10K SCSI HDD and my problem is I get a “Delayed Write Failed” in Windows XP Pro every time I try to write to this drive. I’ve done a LL format, re-partitioned, etc…

According to Microsoft, the “Enable write caching on the disk” feature is the problem, but I get this problem even when it’s turned off, so that can’t be it.

The next possible cause is: “the UDMA HDD controller is configured either:
1 – You are using a 40-wire connector cable, not an 80 wire (It’s a 68pin SCSI drive, so I think I can rule this one out)
2 – The BIOS settings configured to force faster UDMA modes

I don’t quite get the second cause… In the BIOS for the SCSI card there are only two options: “low level format” and “verify a disk”…

Any suggestions at all? Please help!


Thanks