Two new WD 640's - 17ms seek times..?

Mr.Guvernment · 09-23-08, 11:35 PM

just got 2 of these today, installed them both, running off Intel ICH9R as single drives right now (going to raid 1 them for my photo's and important data)

ran HDTach and HDTune on both and both give 17.*ms seek times in HDTach and in HDTune i get 16.8 seems a little high...

i recall reading about this and a fix but i cant find any info on it....
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there is NOTHING on these drives, freshly formatted....

Mr.Guvernment · 09-23-08, 11:36 PM

dam, that is some high CPU usage... interesting....

Shiggity · 09-23-08, 11:37 PM

Look for that thread madman made about this. I can't for the life of me find it when I actually need it, obv. There's something bad with the firmware I believe, the access times should be ~12.5ms.

Mr.Guvernment · 09-23-08, 11:46 PM

ya, did a reboot and the cpu usage dropped to 3%, better, figured it was firmware based.

Mr.Guvernment · 09-23-08, 11:52 PM

http://www.ocforums.com./showthread.php?t=565932

Shiggity · 09-23-08, 11:59 PM

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Mr.Guvernment Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Costa Rica - and toronto sometimes	Two new WD 640's - 17ms seek times..? just got 2 of these today, installed them both, running off Intel ICH9R as single drives right now (going to raid 1 them for my photo's and important data) ran HDTach and HDTune on both and both give 17.ms seek times in HDTach and in HDTune i get 16.8 seems a little high... i recall reading about this and a fix but i cant find any info on it.... \ there is NOTHING on these drives, freshly formatted.... Attached Images __________________ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© The trouble with life is there’s no background music ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Life isnt short, you're just dead for too long©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ADD YOUR STEAM ID TO THE LIST FOR HOURS OF FUN!*
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09-23-08, 11:36 PM	Thread Starter #2
Mr.Guvernment Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Costa Rica - and toronto sometimes	dam, that is some high CPU usage... interesting.... __________________ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© The trouble with life is there’s no background music ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Life isnt short, you're just dead for too long©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ADD YOUR STEAM ID TO THE LIST FOR HOURS OF FUN!
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09-23-08, 11:37 PM	#3
Shiggity Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago, IL	Look for that thread madman made about this. I can't for the life of me find it when I actually need it, obv. There's something bad with the firmware I believe, the access times should be ~12.5ms. __________________ CPU - E6750 @ 3.4GHz \| 425x8 \| 1.41V \| Zalman CNPS9500 \| Lapped Mobo - Abit P35 Pro \| Bios v14 Ram - 2x1GB G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ \| 850 \| 5-5-5-15 \| 1.85V GPU - PNY 8800GT \| 700c, 1850s, 900m \| HR-03GT HD - 150GB raptor ADFD \| Seagate 7200.7 160GB \| 2x WD 640GB PSU - OCZ GameXSteam 700W Heat
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09-23-08, 11:46 PM	Thread Starter #4
Mr.Guvernment Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Costa Rica - and toronto sometimes	ya, did a reboot and the cpu usage dropped to 3%, better, figured it was firmware based. __________________ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© The trouble with life is there’s no background music ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Life isnt short, you're just dead for too long©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ADD YOUR STEAM ID TO THE LIST FOR HOURS OF FUN!
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09-23-08, 11:52 PM	Thread Starter #5
Mr.Guvernment Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Costa Rica - and toronto sometimes	http://www.ocforums.com./showthread.php?t=565932 __________________ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© The trouble with life is there’s no background music ©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸© Life isnt short, you're just dead for too long©¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸ ADD YOUR STEAM ID TO THE LIST FOR HOURS OF FUN!
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09-23-08, 11:59 PM	#6
Shiggity Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago, IL	__________________ CPU - E6750 @ 3.4GHz \| 425x8 \| 1.41V \| Zalman CNPS9500 \| Lapped Mobo - Abit P35 Pro \| Bios v14 Ram - 2x1GB G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ \| 850 \| 5-5-5-15 \| 1.85V GPU - PNY 8800GT \| 700c, 1850s, 900m \| HR-03GT HD - 150GB raptor ADFD \| Seagate 7200.7 160GB \| 2x WD 640GB PSU - OCZ GameXSteam 700W Heat
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