

Note: Do not reuse the used end, and only use one end with each port.ħ) Now do the same for SATA cable and SATA connector on SATA devices. O Suggestion: Please kindly try the following cleaning procedures and see if this helps to improve the current condition:ġ) Prepare the following (can be found from your local chemist):Ģ) Shut down the system, and remove power cord.ģ) Remove all devices connecting to SATA ports.Ĥ) Flatten the cotton stick, and moist both ends with ethanol.ĥ) Dip the cotton stick into SATA port (the side with golden finger), and move the cotton stick sideways a few times to clean the SATA port.Ħ) Move on to the next SATA ports until the completion of this task.

O Cause: Dirty substances such as dust, dirt, rust, or oxidized surface on SATA connectors may result in improper contact with its peer, which degrades the signal quality, hence causes SATA communication problems. There could be various possible causes to result into issues as described. Is there anything I can try before sending it out for repair? Operating system may hang while large disk access operations are under progress. Computer takes forever to install operating system or copying files. SATA HDD cannot complete the installation of operating system after enabling AHCI or RAID function. SATA devices not detected at POST stage or inside CMOS setup screen. SATA devices connected to it may show one or more of the following symptoms from time to time: You should probably wait for a new build.The SATA ports on my motherboard behave quite strange lately. Windows Update doesn't work for example and I can't get it working again. And in general, this update is pretty buggy. But keep in mind now you can't install the Intel driver again since if you do it will again hang at startup and it will be rather difficult to get rid of the Intel driver because you won't even be able to boot into Safe Mode (you'll have to use the command prompt in Automatic Repair and use the DISM console to remove the intel storage drivers one by one - if this sounds scary then avoid this update). Restart the OS, and then download and install the update, it will no longer hang at boot. To install this update, go to the Device Manager > IDE/ATAPI Controllers and right click the Intel controller, select Update Driver > Browse My Computer For Drivers > Let me pick from a list.

Hello, I've managed to install version 22449 after having problems with driver pnp watchdog - the culprit is the Intel SATA controller driver (or rather the new version doesn't want to work with it). SetupDiag was unable to match to any known failure signatures. The only solution is to be patient while the dev team fixes this error. It seems that the problem comes from the update of windows, indeed an error Driver pnp watchdogs appeared whereas all the drivers are up to date.
