GA7VAXP HELP

"Muttley" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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 > Which Promise driver are you using?
 > IIRC, some versions of the Promise IDE mode driver cause sound stutters...
 > See if you can try an earlier or later driver version.....or use the RAID
 > mode driver with single drive arrays.
 >
 > John S.
 >
 > "Fortune" <no-spam.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:WxBdb.133532$hE5.4546591@news1.tin.it...
  > > Here the problem:
  > > 2 hd on ide/raid controller promise in ide-mode
  > > Maxtor 80GB Ata133
  > > Maxtor 160GB Ata133
  > > AMD 2400+
  > > 512MB DDR PC2700
  > > SB Live 5.1 Player
  > > ATi 9700 Pro
  > >
  > > They are too slow...the access time is 16.2 ms and the read burst speed
is
  > > 66,1 mbps. The max read speed is 52498Kps, the minimun 2574kps, the
medium
  > > 41864kps (hdtach values). These values affect the entire machine...mp3
and
  > > avi and dvd jump on audio. Never had problems like that with the old
20GB
  > > Quantum Fireball AS.
  > >
  > > Is it possible that the 2 hd have so low values? I tried defragmenting
but
  > > it's all the same, no improvements except for the noises.
  > >
  > > Any help could be useful.
  > >
  > > Thanx
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
I'm using the drivers from gigabyte site for the 20276 chipset. In raid
single array mode I should resolve the problem?
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"Fortune" <no-spam DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Here the problem:
 > 2 hd on ide/raid controller promise in ide-mode
 > Maxtor 80GB Ata133
 > Maxtor 160GB Ata133
 > AMD 2400+
 > 512MB DDR PC2700
 > SB Live 5.1 Player
 > ATi 9700 Pro
 >
 > They are too slow...the access time is 16.2 ms and the read burst speed is
 > 66,1 mbps. The max read speed is 52498Kps, the minimun 2574kps, the medium
 > 41864kps (hdtach values). These values affect the entire machine...mp3 and
 > avi and dvd jump on audio. Never had problems like that with the old 20GB
 > Quantum Fireball AS.
 >
 > Is it possible that the 2 hd have so low values? I tried defragmenting but
 > it's all the same, no improvements except for the noises.
 >
 >
ATA mode of Promise controllers uses part hardware part software emulation.
That slows them down. As Muttley said, set them up as single drive RAID
array and all sound problems (and jerky mouse movement) will disappear. With
Promise controllers you can redefine the drive without loosing its content.
That does NOT work with GigaRAID controllers, they always loose the drive's
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Do not know the status of this speed problem, however, a couple of points.

HD Tach is an old stand by and is no longer worked by anyone. It is
notorious for bad reports on access time.
Sandra is better.

The only Maxtor ATA 133 drive I have ( 30G ATA133 5600rpm ) shows a HD Tach
MAX of about 38MB/S and average of 31 MB/S.
So your 52.5 MAX and 41.9 AVG doesn't look that *bad*.

Is this measurement problem?
DiskSpeed32 is interesting and useful. A good look at the whole drive.
PCMark2002 has a HDD test area. It will test a file copy speed.
HD_SPEED is useful as it allows you to set the Block Size.


I have no experience with Promise. My SATA RAID and PATA RAID(s) are all
HighPoint. I have found:

Going from Master to Cable Select can make a difference.
These systems do like uniformity, perhaps fdisk to the match sizes.
The driver should match the BIOS in version number.
It appears that the faster the native drive the lower the block size should
be. Move down to 16 or 32kB.

good luck,

JPS




"Fortune" <no-spam RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Here the problem:
 > 2 hd on ide/raid controller promise in ide-mode
 > Maxtor 80GB Ata133
 > Maxtor 160GB Ata133
 > AMD 2400+
 > 512MB DDR PC2700
 > SB Live 5.1 Player
 > ATi 9700 Pro
 >
 > They are too slow...the access time is 16.2 ms and the read burst speed is
 > 66,1 mbps. The max read speed is 52498Kps, the minimun 2574kps, the medium
 > 41864kps (hdtach values). These values affect the entire machine...mp3 and
 > avi and dvd jump on audio. Never had problems like that with the old 20GB
 > Quantum Fireball AS.
 >
 > Is it possible that the 2 hd have so low values? I tried defragmenting but
 > it's all the same, no improvements except for the noises.
 >
 > Any help could be useful.
 >
 > Thanx
 >
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"jpsga" <jpsga.RemoveThis@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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 > Do not know the status of this speed problem, however, a couple of points.
 >
 > HD Tach is an old stand by and is no longer worked by anyone. It is
 > notorious for bad reports on access time.
 > Sandra is better.
 >
 > The only Maxtor ATA 133 drive I have ( 30G ATA133 5600rpm ) shows a HD
Tach
 > MAX of about 38MB/S and average of 31 MB/S.
 > So your 52.5 MAX and 41.9 AVG doesn't look that *bad*.
 >
 > Is this measurement problem?
 > DiskSpeed32 is interesting and useful. A good look at the whole drive.
 > PCMark2002 has a HDD test area. It will test a file copy speed.
 > HD_SPEED is useful as it allows you to set the Block Size.
 >
 >
 > I have no experience with Promise. My SATA RAID and PATA RAID(s) are all
 > HighPoint. I have found:
 >
 > Going from Master to Cable Select can make a difference.
 > These systems do like uniformity, perhaps fdisk to the match sizes.
 > The driver should match the BIOS in version number.
 > It appears that the faster the native drive the lower the block size
should
 > be. Move down to 16 or 32kB.
 >
 > good luck,
 >
 > JPS
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > "Fortune" <no-spam.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:WxBdb.133532$hE5.4546591@news1.tin.it...
  > > Here the problem:
  > > 2 hd on ide/raid controller promise in ide-mode
  > > Maxtor 80GB Ata133
  > > Maxtor 160GB Ata133
  > > AMD 2400+
  > > 512MB DDR PC2700
  > > SB Live 5.1 Player
  > > ATi 9700 Pro
  > >
  > > They are too slow...the access time is 16.2 ms and the read burst speed
is
  > > 66,1 mbps. The max read speed is 52498Kps, the minimun 2574kps, the
medium
  > > 41864kps (hdtach values). These values affect the entire machine...mp3
and
  > > avi and dvd jump on audio. Never had problems like that with the old
20GB
  > > Quantum Fireball AS.
  > >
  > > Is it possible that the 2 hd have so low values? I tried defragmenting
but
  > > it's all the same, no improvements except for the noises.
  > >
  > > Any help could be useful.
  > >
  > > Thanx
  > >
  > >
 >
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