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Why is my drive so slow?

E

EMAN

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I have DIAMONDMAX PLUS D740X 60 gig and I tested sisoft sandra for the first time after having this drive and it doesn't even seem faster than the udma 66 5400rpm drive I had before.

My score is 10762 which is just above 5400rpm udma 33 hard drive. I should be getting way over 24000.

I have 2 partitions one with 19.5meg and the other with 36.3meg which is NTFS.

The drives are no way near filled up.

Using win2k by the way.
 
don't talk like that, I just bought one tonight:Q

stoagereview thinks it's prett fast

what is your interface running at?
80pin cable?
 
I checked the bios and it's on auto. I looked at the bootup screen and it's at udma 100.

Do you think I should RMA this drive or test it more with other disk benchmark progs?
 
Try updating your BIOS and chipset drivers.

Also are you sure you're using an ATA/100 cable? If you're using an ATA/33 cable it'll limit the transfer speed.
 
Yes I'm using 80pin cable one that came with my motherboard.

I just updated my via drivers to 438, still no help. 🙁

I'm gonna flash my bios next and than try using the other ide channels + my onboard raid.
 
I'm also having problems with my hard drive and/or motherboard
I have a western digital 60 gig 7200rpm drive ( ata 66 I think) on a kt133 chipset mobo ( Andara barebones )
My score is horrible 2600 when it should be at least 17000
I changed ide cables and it shows I'm running in DMA mode whereas before it showed pio mode.
 


<< I looked at the bootup screen and it's at udma 100 >>


what is of more relevence is if the hdd is using dma transfers!
Device Manager > IDE/ATAPI Controllers > Primary IDE/Secondary
IDE Channel > Advanced Settings > Transfer Mode > DMA if available >
> OK
 
what is of more relevence is if the hdd is using dma transfers!
Device Manager > IDE/ATAPI Controllers > Primary IDE/Secondary
IDE Channel > Advanced Settings > Transfer Mode > DMA if available >
> OK

Windows enables this by default. I double checked to make sure.

I used all the ide channels + raid and it's not my motherboard because my 5400rpm udma66 drives is faster than this drive.

I updated the bios and still no change. I guess I'll RMA this drive. Any other ideas would be appreciated.
 
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