Problem with disk writes (from what I can see). Have an ABit NF7-S 2.0. The mobo has an SIS 3112 hardware RAID controller, and I'm running two Maxtor (Serial ATA) 120GB drives with it. Problem I'm having is with databases and a utility that joins split files. In both, CONSISTENTLY, when either dumping the database out to a file, or trying to join files, the file ends up getting corrupted: no error in XP or anything such, but the data it was supposed to write was NOT what was written. Characters here and there within the file are either missing or not what they should be (i.e. not what should have been written). Tested the same dumps etc with my regular (non-Serial ATA) drive and it works fine. Is this a problem with the OS (which I doubt because it's hardware RAID), the drives, or the controller? If I enable the Spread Spectrum on the mobo will it help? Driving me nuts. Joe

Hi Joe, If the problem seems related to hardware, then try the Hardware forum for a better response (hopefully). I've have seen similar problems on here, so maybe try the search box to look for info. ___________________________________________ ☺ [Belgium, GMT+1]_________________________svg

Thanks - will do. Searched all over the place before I posted - I could find an issue with XP Home and attempting RAID 5, which it doesn't support, but nothing on the specific problem I'm having. Joe