120gb WD 7200rpm 8mb cache is slow!!!
This is a discussion about 120gb WD 7200rpm 8mb cache is slow!!! in the General Hardware category; I just replaced my 80GB 7200rpm Maxtor with a 120GB WD 7200rpm w/ 8mb cache and for some reason it runs a little slower. . . . i dunno why but my maxtor felt more responsive, now everytime i click on something its like it takes a few secs to think about it then does it,.
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I just replaced my 80GB 7200rpm Maxtor with a 120GB WD 7200rpm w/ 8mb cache and for some reason it runs a little slower.... i dunno why but my maxtor felt more responsive, now everytime i click on something its like it takes a few secs to think about it then does it,.... i can also hear it working more oftne then my 80gb.... hmmm i wonder if i have a setting wrong or something cause i am almost sure that this WD should be faster than my maxtor..... anyone have any ideas?
RaZoR
ps... could it be that my MAXTOR was ATA133 and this one is ATA100?
RaZoR
ps... could it be that my MAXTOR was ATA133 and this one is ATA100?
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yep, you're right about that. The first WD HD I installed drove me crazy trying to figure out that I had to run it jumperless as a single Master drive (am still crazy and blame computers for it). Cable Select also can cause problems, don't use it. Set the jumpers manually to use master/slave drives on the Primary/Secondary cables...
(see what happens, I said I was done kicking this dead dog, I must be having a slow day)
(see what happens, I said I was done kicking this dead dog, I must be having a slow day)
yes ... cable select CAN slow down your HDD ... this shows very clearly in a RAID sstem ... so why not in a single drive system
