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Failing SATA on H67MA-D2H

Failing SATA on H67MA-D2H
« on: February 21, 2011, 01:11:49 pm »
Hi there,
I recently bought two of the h67d2h mobos, at first both systems worked great, however one of the systems is now having trouble with what seems to be the IDE/SATA controller. Initially the symptom was that the DVD writer drive would be identified in POST as a string of 'bottom left corner characters' so it looked like this:
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLL

And then the post would get on to the 'Detecting IDE devices...' phase and would hang indefinitely. I tried putting in the other DVD Writer drive from the second duplicate system and the same problem exists (which is what led me to conclude it was mobo not drive). I also tried a completely different model of drive (Samsung as opposed to the two original LGs) in case it was a model specific incompatibility.

The Samsung seems to always be identified correctly in POST and the 'Detecting IDE devices...' phase passes in milliseconds, however there are frequent IO failures from the drive (for example when installing OS) causing the OS setup to fail. What is more weird is that the failure comes earlier and earlier in the process of OS setup file copying upon each restart and reattempt.

I tried to flash the bios of the mobo with the latest bios however the QFlash reports that all version above F4 are 'not valid images'. So it has F4 (an upgrade from the boxed F3). Still no fix.

Is there a known issue with this mobos SATA controller or have i just got a dodgy board?

Dark Mantis

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Re: Failing SATA on H67MA-D2H
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2011, 01:23:39 pm »
Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

Yes there is a known problem with the Cougar Point chipsets on these boards and Intel is even now in a refabrication session where it is making all new modified chips that will be fitted onto replacement motherboards. Expected time frame is April.

Your SATA3 ports should work alright it only affects the SATA2 ports.

You can read more about it here:     http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4432.msg34774.html#new
« Last Edit: February 21, 2011, 01:24:59 pm by Dark Mantis »
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Re: Failing SATA on H67MA-D2H
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2011, 01:34:47 pm »
Ah thanks a lot, i did search the forum for my problem but that didnt come up.

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Re: Failing SATA on H67MA-D2H
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2011, 01:37:56 pm »
No problem you are welcome. :)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy