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    Delayed write error

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    by sirkently ·

    Hello all. I have an issue with a computer of course. The machine is a little over a year old and keeps having this recurring problem. It will come up with a delayed write error and the computer will freeze up. When it reboots, it can’t find the boot device and asks for it or a disk. To get it to boot, what I do is switch the sata cables for the disk and dvd into each others ports, then it boots fine. This makes no sense to me. It first happened after about 4 months, then 3 months later, again 3 months later, then a couple months, and now 3 times in the last 2 weeks.

    The machine has an AMD CPU, MSI motherboard with nVidia graphics chipset. The error log shows a bad block on drive D, which is the DVD player.

    Any ideas would be appreciated.
    Thank you,
    Kent

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    • #2942819

      Clarifications

      by sirkently ·

      In reply to Delayed write error

      Clarifications

    • #2942816

      Run SMART tests on your HDD’s

      by slayer_ ·

      In reply to Delayed write error

      Take a look at the SMART data.

      speedfan can do SMART tests for you.

    • #2942794

      See if this helps

      by rob miners ·

      In reply to Delayed write error

      turn off the Enable write caching on the disk feature

      Error message that you may receive when you save or move documents in Windows XP: “Delayed Write Failed”

      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330174

      • #2942793

        Just to add

        by rob miners ·

        In reply to See if this helps

        your Primary hard drive should be on IDE 0 or 1 depending on which is the lowest number. The same is applied if it is Sata. The CD/DVD should be set as Master on the secondary IDE channel at the end of the cable. If it is Sata I normally put it on the highest number.

    • #2942684

      Defected motherboard

      by qus ·

      In reply to Delayed write error

      If that problem solved by switching cables, we can conclude the whole cpu is shaking. Motherboard circuit, cables etc maybe broken. When subject to movement, their connection is linked again and work normally. I’m not sure if this is your problem source but it’s worth to consider.

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