New Hard Drive problems

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ToonArmy

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I have recently bought this hard drive:

Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM - Ebuyer

When using Everest or any other program it doesn't show any details of the drive such as speed, temperature, etc...

These are my results with HDtune which again doesn't read the temerature of the drive and it seems very slow copying files.

HDTune_Benchmark_MAXTOR_STM3500320A.png
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ @3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus A8M2N-LA
    Memory
    4 x 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition ALC883
    Hard Drives
    Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII
    PSU
    Arctic Power 500W PSU
    Mouse
    Logitech USB Trackball
    Keyboard
    Logitech UltraFlat Black
    Internet Speed
    8mb/sec
Most programs can't properly test a huge cache on a drive or a controller. I have used cached SCSI and SAS RAID controllers for years. Benchmarks were useless. Sandra Pro does take into account the cache. You could also have a SATA bus that is sharing with other devices and not running at full. Also, check the drive in the device manager to see if write caching is enabled.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
I have both write caching and advanced performance enabled since I installed it. It took just over 5 mins to copy a 7gb file is this about the right speed? Also, why cant any programs seem to read the temperature?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ @3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus A8M2N-LA
    Memory
    4 x 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition ALC883
    Hard Drives
    Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII
    PSU
    Arctic Power 500W PSU
    Mouse
    Logitech USB Trackball
    Keyboard
    Logitech UltraFlat Black
    Internet Speed
    8mb/sec
Hi ToonArmy

It does seem to be a bit slow, not sure why!

On some boards you have sata 1 + 2 connectors is it connected properly?..

must ask! About temps is it smart enabled??
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB) Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB) Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB) Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
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