3 crash drives at once?

[yohoyoho]

Hello,
Here is the system: OS - XP Pro, MB - Intel GB85010A, CPU - P4 2.0 socket 423, RAM - Samsung 2X512MB PC800,
SCSI Controller - Adaptec Ultra 160 Dual Channel 21960, Hard drives - Seagate Cheetah #0 ST336706LW,
#1 ST336752LW,#2 ST336752LC.
Here is the problem: All 3 drives stopped working at the same time. I used Norton 2003 fully updated to run virus check.
I have tried to fdisk the drives and in the Usage column it says 100%. It also says this in XP when I tried to reinstall.
XP will only allocate 8mb from any of the three drives for installation. This occurs after deletion and format in XP.
I also tried Win 95, 98 and Me. Also tied flipping the RAM,No luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Peace To You And Yours
Floyd

 

[mudskipper]

Is 8MB correct, or did you mean 8GB? What size are they detected as by your hardware? Mudskipper
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[yohoyoho]

Hey mudskipper,
I meant 8megabytes.

 

[yohoyoho]

Each drive is 36.4GB

 

[edfair]

Sounds like the controller has gone south but there is always the possibility that one drive is putting something on the bus that causes the other 2 to look different.
How about pulling 2 of the drives and do diagnostics on the remaining drive.
Probably need to get them set up again as singel before you combine them on the bus. Ed Fair
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[mudskipper]

By chance, were these pieces of hardware already set up and working on a different MB, and then started to display the problems when moved onto the Intel GB85010A?

And if so, then have you tried the most current BIOS for that controller? Mudskipper
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[yohoyoho]

All 3 drives have been working just fine. I was doing some work in painshop pro 7.0 and the pc froze

 

[yohoyoho]

I installed an 8gb ide drive and everything works. I will have another scsi drive by tuesday and will test it out.