Strange problem when installing programmes

welshdragon · 17 Aug 2011 at 14:43

Basically I have a new i5 build and installing anything takes an age. Even the smallest of porgrammes. I hit install and it just sits there doing nothing for ages. I never had this on my old build and I'm depserate for a few suggestions?

eg running first time set up on a game downloaded form steam is now 5+ minutes.

Philtor · 17 Aug 2011 at 15:41

Is this a clean install of Windows on the new build? If so then I would probably grab the relevant diagnostic program for your HDD and run it.

welshdragon · 17 Aug 2011 at 15:55

Alright mate, yeah clean install.

Stumbled across the solution. HD mode was set to ACHI and then I noticed the Marvbell Sata 3 operation mode was enabled and also set to achi. Disabled it and voila. Everything installs as it should and my boot times are a bit quicker!

On a side note, should I hvae HDD SMART reporting on or off in bios?

The only problem now is that my cd rw dirve is no longer detcted by the system.

Philtor · 17 Aug 2011 at 16:07

Keep SMART reporting turned on as that will alert you of any problems with your HDD over time. Have you tried the CD-RW drive on another SATA port? Perhaps even use a different SATA controller which usually means a different coloured SATA port.

welshdragon · 17 Aug 2011 at 16:23

It seems the oboard controller looks after the four sata 2 ports and first 2 sata 3 ports and the marvel one looks after the 2 additional sata ports. If I enable the marvell controlelr it takes ages(hours) to install anything at all on the system. Even the smallest of programmes. And no I cant see my cd rom, presumable because I disabled the marvell controller.

welshdragon · 18 Aug 2011 at 19:27

Well it looks like moving all the drives onto the onboard sata sockets and not using the two marvel ones cured this. Really odd though.

Philtor · 18 Aug 2011 at 23:29

Glad you got it sorted mate.