http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9638/maxtor9cr.jpg
WTF, it's a <9ns drive!?
anyone having crappy performance with Maxtors?
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http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9638/maxtor9cr.jpg
WTF, it's a <9ns drive!?
anyone having crappy performance with Maxtors?
yeah it isn't overly uncommon
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Yeah :eek: I hadn't even noticed anything but I just ran it- 18.7ms? WTF
ya i have 2 maxtors that perform poorly as well
Glad I'm not the only one!!!
I tried diabling NCQ and that didn't help, I reinstalled NF4 drivers and that didn't help either.
I emailed their tech support asking for a new firmware.
This is annoying, it was an expensive drive which is slow :slapass:
I hate to be the one to tell you this but their Atlas line are the only drives of Maxtor worth buying...Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrywild
Anyone with a seagate drive or WD drive with NF4 want to run HDtach for us? To get a comparison
edit: BTW if maxtor sends you a new firmware, be sure to upload it here ;) Thanks
edit2: I'm gonna email them too.. the more inquiries the better with these big companies
Sure, but I heard they're really stingy with releasing the firmware... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
I ran it on my Seagate 2mb cache 80gb ATA which is sorta broken/dodgy but it works for storage and not OS and that did 15ns!?
make sure you mention your using Ultra-D, NF4 with all latest drivers and upload a screenshot of HDTach and put a link in the email ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
here are my 2 raptor 150's in raid 0:
http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/raptors.jpg
and here is just 1 raptor:
http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/1raptor.jpg
that completely kills our drives :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grinch
LOL...:toast: :woot: :clap: :banana:
I got a response already.. needs all my drive info and brief system specs
didn't you do it through the form on the site?Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
that asked for all my details..
what email did you use, I'll try it aswell
Yeah I did it through the site, I filled it all in but he needs more info, like the "TLA" and current firmware revision.
edit: I ran another bench of HDtach to get a screenie for the support guy, and got 14.6ms :confused:Quote:
Before we can process a firmware request, we will need the following information:
*Serial Number (S/N) of drive
*full TLA from drive label
*code from drive label
*system specifications, including motherboard model, and controller chipset
*brief description of the issues you have been having with the drive
edit2: Just kidding, back to normal now with a healthy 18.1
hmm :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
I reran a couple of times and it went to 20ns, still VERY crappy..
20ns, that is super fast :p:
edit: here is some graphs of my 74gb raptors in raid-0
quick test
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/938...sthd6fc.th.png
longer test
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7...sthd2ln.th.png
work pc intel based raid-1 w/ 100gb WD pata's
quick test
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/162...rkhd1ii.th.png
Got my update :D I will back up my music collection and flash, if it works I'll upload it here.
kool, is it BANC1G20?Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
Yeah, but it didn't fix the problem. Still 18.6ms :confused: Tried to upload but it says invalid file. Oh well
BTW I didn't even bother backing up, I figure my whole collection is on the MP3 player anyway and it's not like it would screw up
you sure you are plugged into native sata and not sil image?
hmm ok so forget the firmware.. help me search google...Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
so far we've tried
- Changing SATA and IDE controller drives to windows stock. X (I just tried that)
- Update Firmware. X
- Activating SMART. X (but seemed to increase boot speeds slightly)
I also found someone who said on other topics to try removing all other devices and trying, I'll try that in a sec.
Neither of us have sil image with our lowly ultra-d'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Grinch
Anyway one thing that's always concerned me is this-
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6...led21nn.th.jpg
Do you have that? I'm wondering if my drivers for the chipset might not be installed correctly. BTW I told the Maxtor guy that the firmware didn't help, he told me they've done all they can and I should make sure the controller is up to date.
those are the stock Intel ones which I loaded a couple of minutes ago and made no diff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
Just install latest NF4 drivers (6.70)
or right click them --> Update drivers --> no windows update ---> updated from list/specified loc. --> chose the ones :)
btw is the Maxtor your windows drive? how many times does the blue thing complete a bar? mine usually does it in 6-9.. (usually 7 or 8)