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Reinier de Groot <rebdegroot@multilineparadis.demon.nl> wrote in article
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> Hi WIlly,
> 
> I have a simular problem. Read this message I sent about a week ago to
> ASUS, but still no reply.
> 
> --start quote message ---
> I just finished a long conversation with the tech support of Maxtor. A
> few weeks ago I installed a Seagate MedialistPRO 9.1 GB 7200 rpm
> UDMA/33 drive in my ASUS TX97-E system. I have tried both the 1.08
> BIOS and latest beta BIOS and still keep having a performance problem.
> I installed the drive under Windows 98 with BIOS Harddrive AUTO, mode
> AUTO, UDMA Auto. I use the UDMA cable to connect the drive. It is
> partitioned in 4 FAT 32 partitions.
> 
> Performance with DMA checked ON in Win 98 System settings gives a
> performance of about 5.6 MB/s. DMA OFF makes it go up (!!!??) to 6.3.
> The same problem is also happening with my new Maxtor 10 GB 7200 rpm
> drive, same settings, same performance issue.
> 
> The Maxtor tech rep told me that this particular harddisk is the
> industrie standard best at this moment and should at least give a
> performance of 12 MB/s or more and performance with DMA ON should be
> better than with DMA OFF. He told me, as there are no other causes in
> my system, it *must* be a driver (win 98) and/or BIOS problem, because
> with DMA on the performance decreases in stead of increasing. So it
> looks like an incompatibility problem when DMA is turned on. He
> suggested me to ask ASUS for a fixed driver or BIOS fix.
> 
> HD Tach results with DMA ON(!)
> 
> Read speed maximum 14,7 mb/s,  minimum 10,8 MB/s and average 13,2
> MB/s. CPU 20,4 %

The read burst is the most important figure regarding your issues??

> ---end quote of message---
> 
> Curious to see if anybody can solve this?


Try a very short <=12" two connector only EIDE cable or a cable from
www.ultracable.com.   HDTach's read burst rate should be >=25MB/sec.