Slow IDE drive

[Squeezy99]

Hi,
I have just installed XP x64 on my new hardwareb and am running 2 SATA
connected drives in IDE mode. One drive seems very slow and I noticed it is
now in PIO mode. I read all about KB817472 and would like to know if the
fix on offer actually cures this or is there more to the problem as it
appears to have started many years ago.
I tried the workaround and this was good for 2 boots but after it returned
to PIO.

Regards,
David

 

[Gerry]

Another way to investigate your hard drive is to use HD Tune.

Try HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.



Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Andrew E.]

Why IDE mode,why not RAID or in SATA values,by default SATA is disabled
in the BIOS,so is RAID.If you have RAID,enter BIOS & configure a RAID set,or
SATA uses 'Enhanced" mode (or similiar),set in advanced chipset
configuration,
kb81000 issues are years old.You failed to tell what brand of MB you have,
however,read the owners manual,go to intel or amd web site & read about youre
hardware & what it offers...

 

[Squeezy99]

Hi Gerry,
thanks for the help.
Part 1 - does not look good.

HD Tune: ST3320620AS Information

Firmware version : 3.AAE
Serial number : 9QF88PL5
Capacity : 298.1 GB (~320.1 GB)
Buffer size : 16384 KB
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-7 - SATA II
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : yes
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: no
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : no
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : yes

Partition : 1
Drive letter : D:\
Label : Flight Simulator
Capacity : 52791 MB
Usage : 35.67%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : No

Partition : 2
Drive letter : E:\
Label : XP Pro x64 old
Capacity : 99998 MB
Usage : 50.99%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : No

Partition : 3
Drive letter : I:\
Label : Data 2 (old)
Capacity : 152444 MB
Usage : 66.24%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : No

David

 

[Squeezy99]

Part 2:
HD Tune: ST3320620AS Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData
Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 114 81 6 73513780 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 96 95 0 0 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 829 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 11 11 36 3583
Failed
(07) Seek Error Rate 58 58 30 55191372 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 99 99 0 1681 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 834 Ok
(BB) (unknown attribute) 1 1 0 65535 Ok
(BD) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 61 54 45 656670759 Ok
(C2) Temperature 39 46 0 39 Ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 65 48 0 79791703 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 5 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 5 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 0 0 Ok
(CA) TA Counter Increased 100 253 0 0 Ok

Power On Time : 1681
Health Status : Failed

david

 

[Squeezy99]

Hi andrew,
looks like my drive may be on the way out.

I have a new ASrock N68PV-GS board (Nvidia)
I have been reading that using anything above IDE does not give you much
gain in performance and people seem to say it is not worth the change. I am
a bit out of touch with the latest trends now I have retired but try to keep
up.
I will try the RAID setting.

Regards,
David

 

[Gerry]

Squeezy

Buy a new hard drive. Check whether existing hard drive is cpvered by
warranty.
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/smart-attributes/reallocated-sectors-count.html

Forgot about raid and modes -see link.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~