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Following the addition of a new hard drive (one that has been giving me
trouble), my system performance deteriorated. I went to Device Manager
and ran a speed test on my IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.
Drive #1 (boot drive; 160GB) has its transfer mode automatically set to
Serial ATA DMA. Results of the speed test: theoretical limit is 150.0,
burst speed 56.5, sustained speed 37.1.
Drive #2 (the new, troublesome drive; 200GB) is also a serial ATA
drive, but it has had its transfer mode automatically re-set to PIO.
Results of the speed test: theoretical limit is 16.0, burst speed 2.7,
sustained speed of 2.7. There is a note that the transfer mode has been
downgraded due to
"excessive transfer errors to this device."
Drive #3 (old drive; 30GB) is a parallel ATA drive. Transfer mode is
set to Ultra DMA 6 - Ultra 133. Results of the speed test: theoretical
limit is 133.3, burst speed 75.2, sustained speed 15.5.
I reformatted Drive #2 and that didn't improve things at all.
Any help welcome and appreciated.
trouble), my system performance deteriorated. I went to Device Manager
and ran a speed test on my IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.
Drive #1 (boot drive; 160GB) has its transfer mode automatically set to
Serial ATA DMA. Results of the speed test: theoretical limit is 150.0,
burst speed 56.5, sustained speed 37.1.
Drive #2 (the new, troublesome drive; 200GB) is also a serial ATA
drive, but it has had its transfer mode automatically re-set to PIO.
Results of the speed test: theoretical limit is 16.0, burst speed 2.7,
sustained speed of 2.7. There is a note that the transfer mode has been
downgraded due to
"excessive transfer errors to this device."
Drive #3 (old drive; 30GB) is a parallel ATA drive. Transfer mode is
set to Ultra DMA 6 - Ultra 133. Results of the speed test: theoretical
limit is 133.3, burst speed 75.2, sustained speed 15.5.
I reformatted Drive #2 and that didn't improve things at all.
Any help welcome and appreciated.