Does this atto benchmark look right for a Maxtor ATA 133 7200rpm 2mb drive?

phamine · 04-26-04, 11:42 PM

It seems a bit slow, no?

phamine · 04-26-04, 11:44 PM

As compared to 2 Western Digital ATA 100 7200RPM 8mb PATA to SATA in RAID 0.

Maxvla · 04-27-04, 12:13 AM

your maxtor should read around 30-35mb/s. have you defragged recently? is the drive nearly full?

phamine · 04-27-04, 12:18 AM

How loud are the platters supposed to be on the drive? My Western Digitals is silent compared to the Maxtor right now.

phamine · 04-28-04, 11:14 AM

ttt

phamine · 05-07-04, 07:44 AM

Well - I reformated and the drive is still at this speed.

I'm not able to download powermax from maxtors website. I pressed the agree button for the disclosure and it doesn't take me anywhere. Anyone have a copy o their computer?

phamine · 05-07-04, 08:32 AM

Alright - I fixed the problem through device manager. It was running on DMA mode 3 rather than UMDA mode 6 - ATA 133.

phamine · 05-07-04, 08:33 AM

After:

DaWiper · 05-07-04, 09:00 AM

Maxtor is suppose to be one of the silent brands. Maybe "acoustic management" is disabled? Look in S. Sandra to find out. If it's disabled you can download a program called "SetAcousticManagment" from maxtors website. Then you frun the program and enable acoustic managment. That should quiet down the disk a bit, but you will take a small performance hit in seektime.

BTW:That is almost the exact same "score" I get for my maxtor disks.

Xaotic · 05-07-04, 10:32 AM

It normally configures properly, but check the device manager on the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller > Properties > Advanced tab to make sure it's in UMDA mode. Also, if it's on XP, check the event manager for CRC or device errors. XP can ramp down UDMA modes to attampt to prevent errors.

04-26-04, 11:42 PM	Thread Starter #1
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	Does this atto benchmark look right for a Maxtor ATA 133 7200rpm 2mb drive? It seems a bit slow, no? Attached Images __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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04-26-04, 11:44 PM	Thread Starter #2
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	As compared to 2 Western Digital ATA 100 7200RPM 8mb PATA to SATA in RAID 0. Attached Images __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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04-27-04, 12:13 AM	#3
Maxvla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OKC	your maxtor should read around 30-35mb/s. have you defragged recently? is the drive nearly full? __________________ The Black Hole Intel i7 860 2.8ghz Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR3 1600 EVGA GTX460 1GB Intel X-25M 80GB SSD Magnetics - 2x2TB 4x1TB Corsair HX850W PSU NEC DVD-RW
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04-27-04, 12:18 AM	Thread Starter #4
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	How loud are the platters supposed to be on the drive? My Western Digitals is silent compared to the Maxtor right now. Attached Images __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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04-28-04, 11:14 AM	Thread Starter #5
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	ttt __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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05-07-04, 07:44 AM	Thread Starter #6
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	Well - I reformated and the drive is still at this speed. I'm not able to download powermax from maxtors website. I pressed the agree button for the disclosure and it doesn't take me anywhere. Anyone have a copy o their computer? Attached Images __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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05-07-04, 08:32 AM	Thread Starter #7
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	Alright - I fixed the problem through device manager. It was running on DMA mode 3 rather than UMDA mode 6 - ATA 133. __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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05-07-04, 08:33 AM	Thread Starter #8
phamine Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY	After: Attached Images __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=39173 Chieftec Dragon Aluminum 420W Channel Well ISO-500 PSU modded w/ Panaflo 80mm H1A & 92mm M1A Vantec Nexus w/ 5x80mm Panaflo M1A case fans AMD Barton 3000+ @ 2300mhz w/ SLK 900A & Panaflo 92mm H1A 2x512 Patriot 2-3-2-11 @ 11x209 @ 2.7Vdimm Abit NF7-S V.2 w/ Vantec Iceberq NB & SB Cooler Radeon AIW X800 XT 256mb Western Digital 2x80G in PATA-SATA RAID 0 Seagate 160G Lite-On 52327S CD-RW & NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW 3520A Samsung 712N
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05-07-04, 09:00 AM	#9
DaWiper Image Compare Man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway	Maxtor is suppose to be one of the silent brands. Maybe "acoustic management" is disabled? Look in S. Sandra to find out. If it's disabled you can download a program called "SetAcousticManagment" from maxtors website. Then you frun the program and enable acoustic managment. That should quiet down the disk a bit, but you will take a small performance hit in seektime. BTW:That is almost the exact same "score" I get for my maxtor disks.
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05-07-04, 10:32 AM	#10
Xaotic Very kind Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greensboro NC	It normally configures properly, but check the device manager on the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller > Properties > Advanced tab to make sure it's in UMDA mode. Also, if it's on XP, check the event manager for CRC or device errors. XP can ramp down UDMA modes to attampt to prevent errors.
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