[RESOLVED] How to make drive faster?

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I have a 40GB ata/100 7200RPM maxtor drive on my Asus A7A266 motherboard 1400mhz athlon and the drive is SLOW!!!

It takes up to 15 seconds to open Outlook for the first time after a reboot!

Isn't there a card or something that can make my drive faster?

Thanks

[Darren Wilson]

The A7A266 should already be ATA100 supported. Goto Maxtors site & check under the Downloads section for both teh ATA100 enabler & the Acoustic Management software. Disable teh Acoustic management on teh drive (it will make it very slightly noisier but nothing to worry about) but disc access will be increased slightly, & the ATA100 enabler will check & make sure teh drive is running in ATA100 mode. Also install teh LATEST IDE/Chipset drivers for teh motherboard as this is probably the most overlooked driver when putting a system together. The Microsoft supplied drivers simply don't cut the mustard for speed.

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System Specs
Abit KT7A-RAID (Rock F'n Solid!!!) - AMD Athlon 1Ghz (10x100) - 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM - ATI Radeon (AGP4X) - Maxtor ATA100 30Gb - 2 x Seagate ATA66 (RAID 0 totalling 26Gb) - Toshiba SD-1202M DVD - Plextor PlexWriter 2410A (Buy One!!!!) - Creative Labs SB Live! Value (No Pops , Hiss or Crackles here) - 20" Eizo Flexscan Monitor - Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM Final Release

[Jpbtennisman]

Darren..have you been reading a little too much l33t j3ff K?

You used the word "teh" in there about 10 times..Looks like you forgot it one time

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"I don't care if it's called the Crap-tastic 9000! If it's good, I'm getting it." - Me

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Hope I could be of assistance

Antec SX840, AMD Athlon 1400@1584 STABLE, Epox 8K7A+, IBM 60GXP 40GB, 20GB Maxtor 7200RPM, Plextor 16x10x40, Pioneer Slot-Loading DVD-ROM, Yamaha 8x8x24 Firewire CD-RW, Maxtor 80GB external Firewire hard drive, ATI All-In-Wonder RADEON 32MB DDR, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Realtek NIC (blech), 1394 card, Thermalright Sk6 with Thermaltake 31cfm

[Darren Wilson]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Jpbtennisman:
Darren..have you been reading a little too much l33t j3ff K?

You used the word "teh" in there about 10 times..Looks like you forgot it one time

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It is called DYSLEXIA (yes I do suffer mildly) and the speed I type my fingers always hit the E b4 the H.


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System Specs
Abit KT7A-RAID (Rock F'n Solid!!!) - AMD Athlon 1Ghz (10x100) - 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM - ATI Radeon (AGP4X) - Maxtor ATA100 30Gb - 2 x Seagate ATA66 (RAID 0 totalling 26Gb) - Toshiba SD-1202M DVD - Plextor PlexWriter 2410A (Buy One!!!!) - Creative Labs SB Live! Value (No Pops , Hiss or Crackles here) - 20" Eizo Flexscan Monitor - Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM Final Release

[Jpbtennisman]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
It is called DYSLEXIA (yes I do suffer mildly) and the speed I type my fingers always hit the E b4 the H.


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oh..i thought you were trying to be like the l33t J3ff K as a lot of people do that now

or you could just be pullin my leg

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"I don't care if it's called the Crap-tastic 9000! If it's good, I'm getting it." - Me

[b] <IMG SRC="http://www.balgard.com/usa2%5B1%5D.gif""> God Bless America

Hope I could be of assistance

Antec SX840, AMD Athlon 1400@1584 STABLE, Epox 8K7A+, IBM 60GXP 40GB, 20GB Maxtor 7200RPM, Plextor 16x10x40, Pioneer Slot-Loading DVD-ROM, Yamaha 8x8x24 Firewire CD-RW, Maxtor 80GB external Firewire hard drive, ATI All-In-Wonder RADEON 32MB DDR, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Realtek NIC (blech), 1394 card, Thermalright Sk6 with Thermaltake 31cfm

[This message has been edited by Jpbtennisman (edited October 07, 2001).]

[Darren Wilson]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Jpbtennisman:
oh..i thought you were trying to be like the l33t J3ff K as a lot of people do that now

or you could just be pullin my leg

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No I am not pullin gyour leg as you call it

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System Specs
Abit KT7A-RAID (Rock F'n Solid!!!) - AMD Athlon 1Ghz (10x100) - 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM - ATI Radeon (AGP4X) - Maxtor ATA100 30Gb - 2 x Seagate ATA66 (RAID 0 totalling 26Gb) - Toshiba SD-1202M DVD - Plextor PlexWriter 2410A (Buy One!!!!) - Creative Labs SB Live! Value (No Pops , Hiss or Crackles here) - 20" Eizo Flexscan Monitor - Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM Final Release

[Fubarian]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
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...heheh....



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