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| 156365 | 2003-06-30 08:05:00 | I recently bought a new computer with a Soltek SL-75FRN2-L motherboard and a Seagate Barracuda ATA V ST380023A 7200rpm HDD. Ever since I first turned it on I have been having trouble with the speed data is being sucked off the HDD. My trouble is that this is intermittant. Some days there is no problem, but other days it can take nearly 10 minutes to boot into Windows. Lately the machine has taken to slowing down over time. I've replaced the IDE cables, played with the jumpers on the HDD and the CRRW drive, played with Master and Slave settings, as well as the primary or secondary slots to no result. The HDD is slowing ATA100 performance with the CDRW ATA33. The HDD is primary master, the CDRW secondary master. The HDD controllers are the stard Micorsoft ones. I've updated the motherboard drivers to the latest ones available and the BIOS is current as well. Is there any way that I can decide whether the HDD or the motherboard is at fault? Any suggestions to resolve this issue? Specs are (in addition to the above): Windows XP Pro Athlon 2700+ 512 PC2700 RAM (1 stick) ATI Radeon 9700 Diamond Data 40x24x10 CDRW Onboard sound (AC'97) |
PerseusNZ (4126) | ||
| 156366 | 2003-06-30 08:29:00 | The quickest way may be to ask the seller to test them for you - take the whole computer in to them and they should happy enough to test both components for you. Just be acreful that they are not going to try and charge you to assemble / disasemble the computer Nic |
nicnz (2273) | ||
| 156367 | 2003-06-30 08:30:00 | oh, and another way may be to change the IDE port the drive is connected to. N |
nicnz (2273) | ||
| 156368 | 2003-06-30 08:35:00 | this may not help, but these diagnostic tools may be of use www.seagate.com |
Marty2001 (421) | ||
| 156369 | 2003-06-30 08:51:00 | Sounds like the same I had when I put new hdd in . Turned out that to run at 100 DMa I needed the new screened type cables. I also only use one drive on the IDE as master and use the end connector on the cable only ( I couldn't find one with only one termination.) | piva (3796) | ||
| 156370 | 2003-06-30 11:53:00 | For one make sure (As you have) that the HD and Cd are one different cables. For the other I don't think the standard MS drivers would be the best ones Go to this site (www1.soltek.com.tw) and you will find the latest drivers as well as probably a flash for your bios. Be very aware that flashing your bios can be very dangerous if you do not follow the proper instructions. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 156371 | 2003-06-30 11:57:00 | Which connector only matters when you use cable select other wise which drive is set to master or slave matters is important. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 156372 | 2003-06-30 12:12:00 | Try a through scandisk on the drive. If its hitting bad sectors you will get big slow downs/pauses. | bmason (508) | ||
| 156373 | 2003-06-30 21:55:00 | Thanks, I've downloaded those drivers and installed them but will have to wait and see if the problem persists. I never flashed the BIOS as it was the same version as is currently installed. I've scandisked (no errors) and defraged on a regular basis. I've also used the Seatools with mixed results. When run under one of the options, Seatools do not work, but when run under the CPU option (or something like that) they work fine and show no errors. |
PerseusNZ (4126) | ||
| 156374 | 2003-07-01 02:41:00 | To run at ATA100 1. Yes you will need an 80 core screened cable 2. You can still have your CDRW on the same channel. (just when transfering between CDRW and HDD it will be slightly slower) 3. You need to find a testing suite and report back to us with the results on your hdd. download.com.com ( [url) this might help [/url] |
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