Issues with P4P800S-X board and WD SATA drives

[Eric Korson]

Referring to article: https://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-18558-Issues-with-P4P800SX-board-and-WD-SATA-drives.html.

The error you’re getting (click and temporary freeze of the system) is a conflict with your AGP graphics cards; because, it cannot pass the 3D Mark 2001SE.

Go to DriverGuide.com and update the BIOS for the P4P800S-X board. You will download an extractable file to create a boot-up disk. Make sure nothing interrupts that update; because, you can render your mother board useless.

After the update, the board will operate like it should running the SATA drives.

Eric Korson
Korson.us
The Internet Web Firm

 

[MarcFOnline]

Thanks for the update... looks like they finally got around to fixing that error at the BIOS level. Since my PATA hard disk has been working fine for a while, I had pushed this into the back of my mind...

Anyways, it's nice to know that if I wanted to upgrade to SATA, I actually could.

 

[MarcFOnline]

Hmm... check that.

In case anyone with similar problems is checking this thread (not terribly likely now that P4P800S-Xs are growing older every day), you might find this interesting.

Either I'm being limited by DriverGuide.com because I opted for their free membership, or they don't actually have an update to the P4P800S-X in their database. IMO, the sign-up at DriverGuide.com is unnecessarily laden with "special offers" and what not... I understand they need to make money to keep things running, but that's a bit over-the-top.

A better place for downloading the BIOS update is straight from the source: the ASUS support website.

I'll certainly be updating my BIOS, but may not get around to actually testing a SATA hard disk under the new BIOS for quite some time... if anyone with a P4P800S-X does successfully get it to work, though, I definitely want to hear about it.

Anyways... thanks again for the update, Eric. Many geekly kudos for reminding me that I still hadn't fixed my SATA woes and inspiring me to find a solution!

 

[Eric Korson]

Follow-Up

Thanks for the update... looks like they finally got around to fixing that error at the BIOS level. Since my PATA hard disk has been working fine for a while, I had pushed this into the back of my mind...

Anyways, it's nice to know that if I wanted to upgrade to SATA, I actually could.

Hi MarcFOnline;

I’m apologizing; because, the computer is back in my shop with the same issue. Give me some time; and, I’ll see if my technicians can clean it up.

As for your update, I posted it for you to download (http://www.korson.us/1005Apac.exe). This is the latest BIOS update for the P4P800AS-X mother board.

Eric Korson
Korson.us
The Internet Web Firm

 

[MarcFOnline]

Excellent... thanks for the file!

As for the computer itself, definitely keep me posted on the progress. I'm fairly happy with my hard disk at the moment, but should I want to replace it with a Serial ATA drive, it'll be good to know what will or won't work.