topic Re: Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S in PCs & Accessories

Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S

christopher120880 — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:13:26 GMT

I have a problem with my harddisk in my FS415S
Write Speed Average is smaller than 2MB/S

what can i do?

Re: Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S

md.veilsdorf — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:57:14 GMT

Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S
I have a problem with my harddisk in my FS415S
Write Speed Average is smaller than 2MB/S

what can i do?

Hi,

I have the same problem!
Can anybody help us?

Regards

Re: Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S

toldcodger — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:18:13 GMT

How are you calculating this speed.
Are you transferring data from another source.
How full is the drive.
Have you tried checking the disk for errors.
When was the drive last defragmented.

Re: Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S

md.veilsdorf — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:37:46 GMT

How are you calculating this speed.
Are you transferring data from another source.  
How full is the drive.
Have you tried checking the disk for errors.
When was the drive last defragmented.

You can calculate the speed with the benchmark test from sisoftware sandra. The drive is not so full and not very much defragmented.
The problem is that the write speed is about 1,6 MB/s, normal would be 16,6 MB/s.

I think that some windows settings are wrong or that windows needs a special driver or so.

Re: Extrem slow Harddisk FS415S

gnomo74 — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:15:36 GMT

Check the Device Manager. In IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers the Primary IDE channel the Transfer mode is set to PIO mode (most likely). Change the setting to change the Transfer mode to "DMA if available" and it will change to Ultra DMA Mode 5. This should make the HDD quicker and get rid of a clicking/lag sound when playing back audio (experienced it myself).

Lemme know if this sorts you out!