Slow hdd

[Iihuz]

Hi, i recently purchased a new 160G hdd and installed it as my
secondary slave, keeping my old hdd as primary. I installed a new game
on this new hdd but noticed that the game gets very slow and my pc
freezes frequently when trying to load the game. The game used to run
smoothly without any trouble when i did not have the new hdd.
I thought the problem lies with my RAM and bought extra RAMs. However,
the problem did not seem to stop.
Does anyone knows what is the actual problem and how should i go about
fixing it? Any help will be appreciated, thank you !

 

[kony]

Hi, i recently purchased a new 160G hdd and installed it as my
secondary slave, keeping my old hdd as primary. I installed a new game
on this new hdd but noticed that the game gets very slow and my pc
freezes frequently when trying to load the game. The game used to run
smoothly without any trouble when i did not have the new hdd.
I thought the problem lies with my RAM and bought extra RAMs. However,
the problem did not seem to stop.
Does anyone knows what is the actual problem and how should i go about
fixing it? Any help will be appreciated, thank you !

Check the cable, try a different one.

Confirm that the drive is running with DMA enabled
(Controller Properties in Device Manager, assuming Windows'
OS).

Check the jumper, run the HDD manufacturer's diagnostics and
a benchmark on the new HDD.

 

[Iihuz]

Oh i realised that there is a message "no 80 IDE conductor installed"
when botting up my copm. Is this lag and freezing due to not having a
80-wire cable ?

 

[Rod Speed]

Oh i realised that there is a message "no 80 IDE conductor installed"
when botting up my copm. Is this lag and freezing due to not having a
80-wire cable ?

Should work with a 40 wire unless you have the drive jumpered cable
select and even then, it should either work or not see the drive.

 

[paulmd]

Oh i realised that there is a message "no 80 IDE conductor installed"
when botting up my copm. Is this lag and freezing due to not having a
80-wire cable ?

God, yes, It'll be a lot slower at a minimum. 40-wire cable forces it
back to Ultra 66. Get an 80 wire ribbon, any computer shop will have
them. You should have gotten an 80 wire with your hard drive.


If your computer wants an 80 wire ribbon, don't just hope a 40 will
work. Especially as you are exeprincing problems. At thte very least,
it's cheap.

 

[paulmd]

Should work with a 40 wire unless you have the drive jumpered cable
select and even then, it should either work or not see the drive.

Alas, What i've usually seen is exactly the sort of badness he's
experiencing. It tries to work, but it never really works well. If he
has some old 8GB hdd, it wouldn't be an issue. But it's essencial for
something large, like the 160GB drive.

 

[Rod Speed]

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Rod Speed wrote

Alas, What i've usually seen is exactly the sort of badness he's
experiencing. It tries to work, but it never really works well. If he
has some old 8GB hdd, it wouldn't be an issue. But it's essencial
for something large, like the 160GB drive.

Nope, the only problem is that it cant do better than ATA33.

 

[paulmd]

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Nope, the only problem is that it cant do better than ATA33.

Title of post: "Slow HDD." More to the point: it SHOULD have an 80 wire
cable. If his computer isn't wired according to specifications, it's
not going to be happy. Once it''s wired right, we can see if his
problem remains (Bet dollars to sand it'll go away).

 

[Rod Speed]

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Rod Speed wrote

Title of post: "Slow HDD."

What is more important is that stuff in the body of the post, quoted again at the top.

More to the point: it SHOULD have an 80 wire cable.

Yes, but he shouldnt see FREEZING with a 40 wire cable.

If his computer isn't wired according to
specifications, it's not going to be happy.

Like I said, as long as cable select isnt being used, it
should just be slower, not FREEZE like he said happens.

Once it''s wired right, we can see if his problem
remains (Bet dollars to sand it'll go away).

We'll see...

 

[kony]

God, yes, It'll be a lot slower at a minimum. 40-wire cable forces it
back to Ultra 66.

.... forces it down to ATA33

ATA33 is quite a bottleneck to a modern drive but even so, I
suspect the performance degradation is more than what ATA33
causes... a box with only ATA33 can still seem reasonably
fast for most uses, just not "as" fast.