Low read and write times on WD Raptor

[andro700]

I am getting low read and write timing. I am getting an avg of 10-13mb/sec. That seems awful low for this hard drive. I have tried three differnet benchmarking apps and they all are about the same with about the same numbers. Settings in bios are pretty much stock settings.

Chuck

My System
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum w/bios ver 1.5
AMD 64 3500+ 90nm
Thermalright XP-90 w/Thermaltake Smart Fan II
Corsair 3200XL Pro (2-2-2-5 1T)
WD 74GB Raptor
Pony 5700 Ultra
XConnect 500 Watt Power Supply
Mad Dog Model MD-16XDVD9
Mad Dog 56X CD-Rom

 

[Bombastic Flasher]

is it sata or ide

 

[andro700]

My bad it is a SATA Drive. I have it connected to SATA 1.

Chuck

 

[Gerbil333]

Yeah that is slow. What does HDTach report?

 

[rise]

i thought raptors were all sata. anyway, go to WD site and get the diagnostic tool. don't know if it will help but something is seriously messed up there.

 

[mindwreck]

raptors are sata drives. did you install the proper sata drivers?

 

[Duvie]

I didn't have to install any sata drivers....Is this a new install?? Did you load the chipset drivers with the CD that came with the board???

 

[andro700]

Well I found the problem. Something I overlooked. Went to device manageer and clicked on properties under nvidia sata controllers and found out it was set to PIO instead of serial ata. I feel stupid. I thought I checked that but I guess I didn't. Everything is good to go. Ran HDTune and I was getting an average of 60 mb/sec. Thanks for all the ideas.

chuck