CUSL / TUSL hard drive problems

[harpomx]

I have a CUSL2 right now, and I just got a new 80GB maxtor HDD, ATA100, 7200 RPM's. I also have a 40GB version of the same drive. When I try to transfer stuff to the new 80 GB drive, it is slow as crap! Any deas of why? I know the CUSL2 only has one ATA100 controller, and the new drive is on the other one, the ATA66. But it should still be going a lot faster than it is. I flashed the BIOS about a year ago, and I don't think that's the problem. I can transfer to the 40GB drive, and it is nice and speedy. Granted, the 40 GB drive is my primary master, and the new drive is the secondary master. I tried putting both drives on the primary ribbon, and it was still slow.

Is the CUSL2 such an old mobo that it doesn't recognize a hard drive as big as 80GB? That's the only thing I can think of. I did a diagnostic on the drive, as well as RAM, and nothing was reported. If I switch to the TUSL, will that fix anything?

Thanks for all your (anticipated) help!

Marc.

 

[harpomx]

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Any ideas? I'm sitting here with 80GB of storage space that I don't want to use cause it's so slow. I tried a transfer of my mp3's last night - 15.8 GB took 9 hours. DMA is checked....

 

[jiffylube1024]

You might need to update to the newest (NOT Beta) BIOS version to support the new HD. I think its something like 1008 or 1009 but you'll have to check ASUS' website. I just updated the BIOS on my CUSL2 a few weeks ago to the newest one. I cant remember which version it is - that computer is at home and I'm @ school right now. I've never run a drive larger than 40GB in there so I have no expereince with larger drives .

By the way, the CUSL2 does have only 1 ATA/100 controller, meaning BOTH channel 1 and 2 masters and slaves run at ATA/100 speeds. That's right, both of those ports run at ATA/100, neither run at ATA/66.

1 controller gives 2 ports and a maximum of 4 drives (2 masters, 2 slaves). A computer with 2 ATA/100 controllers has 4 ports with a maximum of 8 drives. Just to clear it up for you.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Oh yeah another thing: is any other device on the same channel as the 80GB one? Because if you have a Zip drive or anything like that (Zip drives work at 16.6 MB/s maximum) then that would slow down the channel to only 16.6 MB/s. Make sure there isn't another device slower than the HD on the same channel.