IT people.... (STILL NOT WORKING!! :cry:)
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IT people.... (STILL NOT WORKING!! :cry:)
Some of you may know I'm having a few performance problems with the PC, well run a diagnostic and found out that my hard drive is only transfering at 3mb/s when it should be 10 times that amount.
I have used window wash (thanks smit) and cleared all the temp files and even deleted my whole video collection
Its better, but still really slow
Anything else I can try?
I have used window wash (thanks smit) and cleared all the temp files and even deleted my whole video collection
Its better, but still really slow
Anything else I can try?
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Defragging has the same effect on your HD as organising your DVD collection in alphabetical order. Basically your PC will find files faster, but if you are running Norton you are still running much much slower than you could be. Also, how much RAM are you running as I'm sure XP uses about 40% of what you have.
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MadMac, a possibility........
You need to test the voltages going to the hardrive.
Two are used, 5 volts (red and black wires) used to power the electronics.
And 12 volts (yellow and black) used to power the drive motor.
If the 12 volts is low, the motor will spin slower reducing the data transfer rate
and reliablity of the read/write heads.
Data will still be read from the drive at lower speeds as the spin rate is irrelevant
and the data clock speed is determined from the reading data stream on the disk.
The 5 volts should be at least 4.92 volts DC
and the 12 volts should be at least 11.7 volts DC
The voltages need to be checked at the drive iteslf on the connector that
plugs into it whilst still powering the drive.
Take care if measuring yourself not to short anything out.
You need to test the voltages going to the hardrive.
Two are used, 5 volts (red and black wires) used to power the electronics.
And 12 volts (yellow and black) used to power the drive motor.
If the 12 volts is low, the motor will spin slower reducing the data transfer rate
and reliablity of the read/write heads.
Data will still be read from the drive at lower speeds as the spin rate is irrelevant
and the data clock speed is determined from the reading data stream on the disk.
The 5 volts should be at least 4.92 volts DC
and the 12 volts should be at least 11.7 volts DC
The voltages need to be checked at the drive iteslf on the connector that
plugs into it whilst still powering the drive.
Take care if measuring yourself not to short anything out.
#14
Right found that and it is set to "DMA mode if avilable" but is currently running pio mode....
Wont give me an option to change it permanatly to DMA mode either?
How can I get round this?
Wont give me an option to change it permanatly to DMA mode either?
How can I get round this?
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look inthe bios/cmos setup
there are a few types of IDE transfer mode:
PIO (fucking slow )
DMA 33 (33 mbit/sec = divide by 8 toget megabytes a sec)
UDAM66 (66)
ATA100 (100... lol)
ATA133 (guess! lol)
there are a few types of IDE transfer mode:
PIO (fucking slow )
DMA 33 (33 mbit/sec = divide by 8 toget megabytes a sec)
UDAM66 (66)
ATA100 (100... lol)
ATA133 (guess! lol)
#19
Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
ratty, its hittng PIO before it even boots into windows, despite the fact its set up CORRECTLY in the bios
im gonna have a butchers tomorrow
im gonna have a butchers tomorrow
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