Odd Type of Slowness? - Page 2

Princess Garnet · November 5th, 2009, 07:46

See what finished? I want to see your account finished for registering and posting unrelated spam just to advertise your websites posted in your signature. Goodness, spammers think they're getting smarter because they're following the rules and not directly posting the link, but instead putting it in their signature.

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Haithm · November 5th, 2009, 07:55

The hard drive seems very healthy. Does the Ultra DMA CRC Error Count reached that "Data" value because of years of use or does it keep increasing lately? Check for it again and see if the value got changed from 1371 to something bigger. Otherwise it happened in a very short period of time when Windows set UDMA mode 6 (because your HD supports that) when it was first installed to find that the ATA cable couldn't handle that mode without errors so then Windows tried to lowered it to UDMA Mode 5 and it find that stable.

When Ultra DMA errors occurred, Windows doesn't immediately switch to PIO Mode. It will first test lower UDMA modes. High quality ATA cables handles UDMA mode 6 well.

For the whole issue, I suspect the motherboard's power management becomes poor or faulty power supply.

Last edited by Haithm; November 5th, 2009 at 08:00.. Reason: Clearer Explaination

Princess Garnet · November 6th, 2009, 04:16

I've never checked it before this time, but it's seen a lot of use.

Also, the cable isn't what it is that doesn't support the drive's maximum speed. The 815E chipset (the motherboard in that Dell system) only supports ATA100 (UDMA5?) maximum, not ATA133 (UDMA6?).

I will consider the PSU, as it runs fine with the MX440, but the motherboard tosses an "other" diagnostic code with the Ti4200, and we all know the latter needs more power. However, even though it's a 200W PSU, it's a decent, albeit old, one, and used to power that card plus three hard drives just fine for about a year or so. The PSU is older and more worn now, but I still suspect the motherboard due to the other issues.

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November 5th, 2009, 07:46	#21
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	See what finished? I want to see your account finished for registering and posting unrelated spam just to advertise your websites posted in your signature. Goodness, spammers think they're getting smarter because they're following the rules and not directly posting the link, but instead putting it in their signature. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

November 5th, 2009, 07:55	#22
Haithm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 70	The hard drive seems very healthy. Does the Ultra DMA CRC Error Count reached that "Data" value because of years of use or does it keep increasing lately? Check for it again and see if the value got changed from 1371 to something bigger. Otherwise it happened in a very short period of time when Windows set UDMA mode 6 (because your HD supports that) when it was first installed to find that the ATA cable couldn't handle that mode without errors so then Windows tried to lowered it to UDMA Mode 5 and it find that stable. When Ultra DMA errors occurred, Windows doesn't immediately switch to PIO Mode. It will first test lower UDMA modes. High quality ATA cables handles UDMA mode 6 well. For the whole issue, I suspect the motherboard's power management becomes poor or faulty power supply. Last edited by Haithm; November 5th, 2009 at 08:00.. Reason: Clearer Explaination

November 6th, 2009, 04:16	#23
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	I've never checked it before this time, but it's seen a lot of use. Also, the cable isn't what it is that doesn't support the drive's maximum speed. The 815E chipset (the motherboard in that Dell system) only supports ATA100 (UDMA5?) maximum, not ATA133 (UDMA6?). I will consider the PSU, as it runs fine with the MX440, but the motherboard tosses an "other" diagnostic code with the Ti4200, and we all know the latter needs more power. However, even though it's a 200W PSU, it's a decent, albeit old, one, and used to power that card plus three hard drives just fine for about a year or so. The PSU is older and more worn now, but I still suspect the motherboard due to the other issues. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."