ide/dma/slow transfers

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got an P3 win9x box here and getting extremely slow transfer rates when
copying between drive 0 and 1 and between different part. in drive 1.

explorer stalls and process must be killed, but usually just very slow,
but ONLY on some directories-some go fast and other go really slow, not
dependent on amount of data transferred.

bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.

one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden process
kills.

what's wrong with the hardware???

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philo <> wrote in news:e9OdnSKmeu6v1LLeRVn-
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> <snip>
>
> explorer stalls and process must be killed, but usually just very
slow,
>> but ONLY on some directories-some go fast and other go really slow,
not
>> dependent on amount of data transferred.
>>
>> bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.
>>
>> one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden process
>> kills.
>>
>> what's wrong with the hardware???
>
>

honestly, I don't know, am novice.

> are you using an 80 wire ide cable?


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explorer stalls and process must be killed, but usually just very slow,
> but ONLY on some directories-some go fast and other go really slow, not
> dependent on amount of data transferred.
>
> bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.
>
> one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden process
> kills.
>
> what's wrong with the hardware???


are you using an 80 wire ide cable?

,SNIP,
>
>>>dependent on amount of data transferred.
>>>
>>>bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.
>>>
>>>one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden process
>>>kills.
>>>
>>>what's wrong with the hardware???
>>
>>
>
> honestly, I don't know, am novice.


to gain expertise see this:

http://www.storagereview.com/guide20...confCable.html

freddygolitely wrote:

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> got an P3 win9x box here and getting extremely slow transfer rates when
> copying between drive 0 and 1 and between different part. in drive 1.
>
Both drives on the same cable (master/slave)?
IDE cannot do a direct transfer on one controller/cable, only one device at
a time. You want your harddrives on separate cables (primary/secondary).

> explorer stalls and process must be killed, but usually just very slow,
> but ONLY on some directories-some go fast and other go really slow, not
> dependent on amount of data transferred.
>
Run the diagnostic floppy (should be bootable) you can download from your
harddrive manuf. homepage.
Disable on-access-scanner(s) for a test.

> bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.
>
Then backup your important data, and then enable it.
If it doesn't work, it probably will give a bluescreen. Under weird
circumstances (flakey controller, wrong driver) you might get massive
corruption.

> one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden process
> kills.
>
Usually, drives tend to fail dma and become noticeably slow from multiple
retries, before they finally quit. Time to get a new one and do a image
backup of the old one.

> what's wrong with the hardware???
>
Could as well be the cable - try a new 80wire cable, and make sure your
drives are jumpered correctly. Never leave a open tail but put the master
on the end of the cable.

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Thanks alot philo, great link.

philo <> wrote in news:NN-dnZuNfvK3zLLeRVn-
:

> ,SNIP,
>>
>>>>dependent on amount of data transferred.
>>>>
>>>>bios is set for dma/level2, but dma is not enabled in os.
>>>>
>>>>one drive died, i think from these frequent stalls and sudden
process
>>>>kills.
>>>>
>>>>what's wrong with the hardware???
>>>
>>>
>>
>> honestly, I don't know, am novice.
>
>
> to gain expertise see this:
>
> http://www.storagereview.com/guide20...confCable.html