HDtach-is my score normal?

[Lucky]

Max 6392
min 6095
average 6315

12.4 ms
6.3 mbps burst


why does this seem so insanely low compared to other scores i read about?

duron 600@800, WD 13.6, 192MB ram.

 

[zzzz]

<< WD 13.6 >>


ok, but what interface? ata-100, 66? 7200 or 5400 rpm?

 

[Lucky]

sorry. 5400, 66, running the 4.32 drivers.

 

[zzzz]

there is something wrong then. Did you enable DMA? Are you using win2k?

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

heres mine
ATA-66 7200RPM

MAX - 30492
AVERAGE - 24538
MIN - 9808

Burst speed is 38.9mbs
random access seek time is 13.8

14.2 CPU utilization

 

[Lucky]

no, using win98..i thought DMA was enabled...how to make sure?

 

[Lucky]

goddam, ive got 98% CPU utilization. what the hell is going on?

 

[zzzz]

go through device manager to find if DMA is enabled. Most likely it is not..
it should be in hard drive properties IIRC. I only use win2k nowdays with which you have to go through properties of the controller.

 

[ZeroBurn]

right click my computer, and hit up properties

go to your devices and find your hard drive, then check the DMA box

that's got to be the problem behind the high cpu utilization, make sure you do the same with your cd-rom drives.

 

[Lucky]

ok, its not checked, but when i try and check it, it asks to restart. I do, it comes up, and the check does not &quot;stick&quot;. That is, its still unchecked. Ive repeated this three times. Any ideas why i cant force it into DMA?

 

[Lucky]

can anyone help with my last post?

 

[Ben]

What are the rest of your system specs?

 

[Lucky]

iwill kk266, creative 6x DVD, hp 9150i CDRW, misc pci cards.

 

[Ben]

Since your motherboard has a Via chipset, you can only enable the DMA through the drivers from Via.

I recommend you grab the 4 in 1 drivers from Via or IWill and install them. During the install you will get an option to enable DMA mode.

If you've already installed these drivers then you need to reinstall them again and make sure you check the DMA box when the install asks you.