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Hi Ron,

Burst mode shows 22 MB/s. CPU load 23%. Is this the performance to be
expected with my Maxtor 2500 UDMA/33 ? Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Reinier.

On 26 Sep 1998 16:19:46 GMT, "Ron Reaugh"
<Ron-Reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

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>Reinier de Groot <rebdegroot@multilineparadis.demon.nl> wrote in article
><360cdd67.928003@news.demon.nl>...
>> 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.