Add a disc an now big slowdowns?

[homercles337]

I have 5 dics in my rig, two 132 GB RAID0, one 300 GB SATA I, one usb2 60GB, and i just added a 400GB drive (SATA II). Since adding the new drive i have noticed much longer boot times and other HD stuff takes longer. Normal? Si or no? The only system drive is the RAID0.

 

[ColemontHD]

Originally posted by: homercles337
I have 5 dics in my rig, two 132 GB RAID0, one 300 GB SATA I, one usb2 60GB, and i just added a 400GB drive (SATA II). Since adding the new drive i have noticed much longer boot times and other HD stuff takes longer. Normal? Si or no? The only system drive is the RAID0.

Could be a power issue, what is your complete setup?

 

[Oyeve]

On an older system I had 2 sata ports, if I hooked up a drive to the first sata port my system took a long time to boot, when I switched to the second sata port all was fine. I tried everything to get the first port to work right but it never happened and the board is long since gone, anyway, if you have another free sata port try putting the 400gb on it and see if that works, also try booting up without the USB drive to see if anything changes.

 

[Nocturnal]

Is it a completely halt to the way things were running before? If so, it could be that one of the drives has gone bad. I suggest running Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test on the drive (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v408_b00.iso).

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: ColemontHD

Originally posted by: homercles337
I have 5 dics in my rig, two 132 GB RAID0, one 300 GB SATA I, one usb2 60GB, and i just added a 400GB drive (SATA II). Since adding the new drive i have noticed much longer boot times and other HD stuff takes longer. Normal? Si or no? The only system drive is the RAID0.

Could be a power issue, what is your complete setup?

Hmmm, yea good point. I have the dual rail (12v) 550w PS that came with my BFG 6800GT so long ago. At the time, the conclusion here was that it was a quality PS. Wouldnt PS problems cause more serious issues though?

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
On an older system I had 2 sata ports, if I hooked up a drive to the first sata port my system took a long time to boot, when I switched to the second sata port all was fine. I tried everything to get the first port to work right but it never happened and the board is long since gone, anyway, if you have another free sata port try putting the 400gb on it and see if that works, also try booting up without the USB drive to see if anything changes.

Ok, i will try the other SATA ports since i have 8 on the mobo. Nothing changes with/without the USB drive.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Is it a completely halt to the way things were running before? If so, it could be that one of the drives has gone bad. I suggest running Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test on the drive (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v408_b00.iso).

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[Nocturnal]

Just copy and paste the link. The link somehow got messed up with the ) at the end.