Any Input on this...

[Jasper]

I have a network of about 50 systems all the same spec. IBM netvista P4
systems.

5 of these run noticeably slower than the rest.

All are clean and up to date with XP pro sp2.

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps the drives are running PIO instead of DMA? Look in device
manager, IDE controller, Primary channel, Advanced Setting. Set it to
DMA or if it "fell back" to PIO, uninstall the channel and "Scan for
changes" to reinstall.

 

[Jasper]

Perhaps the drives are running PIO instead of DMA? Look in device manager,
IDE controller, Primary channel, Advanced Setting. Set it to DMA or if it
"fell back" to PIO, uninstall the channel and "Scan for changes" to
reinstall.

I have checked this and all systems are in DMA mode. The systems are split
50/50 with Samsung and WD 40 gig drives

 

[Bob I]

I have checked this and all systems are in DMA mode. The systems are split
50/50 with Samsung and WD 40 gig drives

procesor speed on the 5 odd ones compared to the rest? Overheat and slow
down or "speedstep"?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a network of about 50 systems all the same spec. IBM
netvista P4 systems.

5 of these run noticeably slower than the rest.

All are clean and up to date with XP pro sp2.

Sounds like hardware issues - and having experience with IBMs - I'd look
there first.

Bad memory, bad hard disk drive, bad power supply... Swap out memory with a
machine that is working fine - so they change places? What about the power
supplies? Done a full test on the hard disk drives with the hard drive
manufacturer's diagnostic utilities?

Otherwise - compare all BIOS setrtings from one that is fine to that one.
Assuming they all have and REPORT the same amount of memory, same amount of
hard disk drive space, have the same BIOS settings, are running on clean
power, etc.

 

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[Jasper]

Sounds like hardware issues - and having experience with IBMs - I'd look
there first.

Bad memory, bad hard disk drive, bad power supply... Swap out memory with
a machine that is working fine - so they change places? What about the
power supplies? Done a full test on the hard disk drives with the hard
drive manufacturer's diagnostic utilities?

Otherwise - compare all BIOS setrtings from one that is fine to that one.
Assuming they all have and REPORT the same amount of memory, same amount
of hard disk drive space, have the same BIOS settings, are running on
clean power, etc.

I have gone over these systems in the last 8 months doing updates and
getting them all setup the same. They have been cleaned, fully updated and
all settings match. I did find one system that was slow had the CPU fan
wires jammed under the CPU cooler. That corrected that system.

I will check out the hardware and make sure that the coolers are seated
properly these systems.

Thanks for all your help...