S
Stan
I’m experiencing very high cpu usage with a raid 5 array. Ie. 99% on
disk writes and around 60% on disk reads using ‘task manager’ in
Windows XP and Windows 2000. The mouse pointer jumps around the screen
and freezes for short periods. Both using USB and PS/2.
HDTACH reports 70% cpu usage but from the forum this isn't totally
reliable under XP.
Hardware is as follows:-
Abit KR7A-raid motherboard (latest CX bios) (VIA KT266 chipset)
Athlon 1900+
2x256MB Crucial PC2100
ATI Radion 9700 pro
Highpoint Rocket RAID 454 (2.03 bios)
4x120GB IDE hdd. (3x IBM and 1xMaxtor) (raid 5)
I have removed all other devices from my system including COM2,
parallel port, no soundcard, no onboard raid, I have even disabled the
2 normal IDE channels.
(The system performs exactly the same with all my hardware installed
anyway, including having the onboard raid enabled!)
I have tried the card in 3 different PCI slots on the motherboard.
I've tried installing XP with ACPI and no plug n play set in the bios.
APIC has always been off.
The Card always displays in the motherboard bios as using the same IRQ
for both “mass storage controller” entries for the card.
I don’t believe the problem is software based as I’ve tried all
combinations of drivers under both Windows XP and Windows 2000. Latest
VIA chipset drivers and OS service packs. Tried the VIA IDE filter
driver for raid to no effect.
Is this normal behaviour? Anyone help please?
disk writes and around 60% on disk reads using ‘task manager’ in
Windows XP and Windows 2000. The mouse pointer jumps around the screen
and freezes for short periods. Both using USB and PS/2.
HDTACH reports 70% cpu usage but from the forum this isn't totally
reliable under XP.
Hardware is as follows:-
Abit KR7A-raid motherboard (latest CX bios) (VIA KT266 chipset)
Athlon 1900+
2x256MB Crucial PC2100
ATI Radion 9700 pro
Highpoint Rocket RAID 454 (2.03 bios)
4x120GB IDE hdd. (3x IBM and 1xMaxtor) (raid 5)
I have removed all other devices from my system including COM2,
parallel port, no soundcard, no onboard raid, I have even disabled the
2 normal IDE channels.
(The system performs exactly the same with all my hardware installed
anyway, including having the onboard raid enabled!)
I have tried the card in 3 different PCI slots on the motherboard.
I've tried installing XP with ACPI and no plug n play set in the bios.
APIC has always been off.
The Card always displays in the motherboard bios as using the same IRQ
for both “mass storage controller” entries for the card.
I don’t believe the problem is software based as I’ve tried all
combinations of drivers under both Windows XP and Windows 2000. Latest
VIA chipset drivers and OS service packs. Tried the VIA IDE filter
driver for raid to no effect.
Is this normal behaviour? Anyone help please?