Recent content by atye

I'm having exactly the same problem. The Motherboard LED comes on. The LAN port light comes on. My keyboard lights flicker. But there are no fans running, (I have 3, and they are plugged in) and the monitor doesn't show anything. I have an Abit NF7-S, Lite-On case with 400W power. I just...

Then what is causing the Maxtor SATA in this test to perform so much better than even another SATA? I understand it can only spin so fast (7200rpm, same as the Seagate). So what is the difference in apparent speed? Are the internals set up in such a way as to remove certain speed obstacles...

Is it true that SATA isn't significantly faster than older technology? A few reviews I've seen of the new Maxtors seem to disagree. Here's one.... envynews They compare a Maxtor to a Seagate SATA plus two PATAs. They say the Seagate is only slightly faster than PATA, but the Maxtor is alot...