🚀 go-pugleaf

I've got a very big, an enourmous problem with the HD speed. All my HD had
correct speed when I had a 486. Since I got this motherboard, they're
slower. Especially when OEM ViaTech driver used under Win95. And now, Win98
detects and installs ViaTech Driver. And the speed is critical. No need
benchmark : I can hear it, and feel too by working. To be sure I don't
dream, I've benchmarked (HD Tach):

*Master (1st onboard IDE - Seagate ST32132A - 2Go)
read speed average 3188kps
random access time 24.8ms
*Slave (1st onboard IDE - Western Digital Caviar AC 2850)
read speed average 3063kps
random access time 17.7ms

I remember average access time was 13ms for master drive and 11ms for slave
when I had 486 (last year).

I've try all what I know : bios parameters, Windows swapfile, Windows cache
size... HELP !!!!
I installed the EPOX IDE driver. It was worse : no more Atapi device and IDE
controllers became unavailable
I don't know what do anymore.

For information, other specifications :

On 2nd Onboard IDE : CD-Rom Goldstar 24x master, CD-RW Philips 3610 slave

The machine is :
Intel Pentium 166MHz, 225Mhz overclocked (but overclocked or not get the
same for HD).
BIOS Date             : 08/14/97
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
ID-Bios : 08/14/97-VXPro+-USB-Ultr-2A5LDH09C-00
OEM                   : HSIN TECH
Chipset               : VXPro+-USB-Ultr //VIA VPX
Devices : VT82C585VP Apollo VPX Chipset, System/PCI Ctrl.
               VT82C586A Apollo Chipset, Function 0: ISA Bridge
               VT82C586A/B Apollo Chipset, Function 1: IDE-Bridge

                        PLEASE HELP

Thanks to people they answered to me, but none of their tips was the
solution.