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The System Halts During Resume From Standby

by wvWJjuBe Apr 17, 2005 1:12AM PDT

I am running Windows XP pro SP2. My computer freezes during resume from standby and I receive blue screen with stop: 0x000000f4.

According to Microsoft KB 330100 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330100), I need to do one of the following:
? Configure my Disk drive as Master only.
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? Connect another device as a Master, such as another disk drive or CD-ROM or DVD.

Recently I changed my configuration from IDE drives to SATA drives (2 raptors in RAID-0, and one more, 250GB for storage) I used Pacific Digital Talon controller. On the BIOS first screen I am getting no IDE drives (master or slave) detected. Which is, as far as I understand, what should be. So probably there is no way to have master slave thing since again it's SATA conection. (Let me know if I am wrong.)

Now second opportunity. I don't understand what it means another device as a master. Does it mean to unplug the internal DVD burner
where it's pluged and plug it where my IDE hard drive was pluged previously?

Does anyone have an idea about it?

Thanks.

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Contact the system maker.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 17, 2005 1:24AM PDT

That sounds like the system maker needs to tell you which driver to update or you to make this a warranty issue with them.

Home brew machines rarely get hibernate, sleep to work after a few months so if home brew, then it may be game over.

Bob

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Same question, different words...
by wvWJjuBe Apr 18, 2005 12:37AM PDT

I think I got the answer to the question I haven't ask. Thanks though. It sounds like Microsoft support answer, when they try to pass you to computer manufacture, in order not to waste time explaining how to fix the problem...

Anyway, I will reiterate the question...

How to "connect another device as a Master, such as another disk drive or CD-ROM or DVD"? Which port I should use to connect CD-ROM or DVD, the same it's connected to or the one which was used previously for my IDE master/slave drive? Or if if my BIOS my DVD-ROM is listed as a Secondary Master it's already what Microsoft means?

Thanks again.

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Your incomplete post.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 18, 2005 12:56AM PDT

Your post didn't fulfill the minimal items asked by the forum tip. As such my reply has to be generic and point to the usual issues.

This is not a Microsoft support issue since they don't make PCs (yet.) And the issue is very well known in homebrew systems. What homebrew builders do feel are (a) they know they are on their own and must hunt down drivers and sort out which works for them, (b) they figure out their brew is unsupportable and have to give up hibernater or (c) they rant about how terrible Microsoft (or other) support is.

About where to plug drives in. That's a good question and the answer is... Where they work for you.

-> Here's the basics of Parallel IDE cables and jumpers in a nutshell:

1. 80 conductor cables use Cable Select. You make a drive master or slave by where you connect it.
2. 40 conductor cables use the old Master/Slave jumpers. The first drive is Master and the second is set to Slave.

Its no shame to not know this but I wonder if you are availing yourself of the fine resources on the IDE topics you can find with google.com

Bob

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