I downloaded and ran nTune 2.05.09.08 to check up on my system performance. In the "Troubleshoot system performance" option, nTune recommends the following:
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Info and recommendation:
Current IDE channel mode
primary master channel: PIO Mode
primary slave channel: UDMA Mode 2
secondary master channel: PIO Mode
secondary slave channel: PIO Mode
Recomendation: Change IDE drive mode from PIO to
UDMA mode will increase disk read/write performance.
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I benched my HDD with Sandra 2005 and it reports a speed of 50 MB/s with an average access time of 7 ms. Is this OK for my Seagate SATA 7.2K rpm 80GB HDD?
I checked in the BIOS and the HDD is detected as "Third IDE master" and it says that UDMA Mode 6 is enabled for my SATA HDD. The only other thing in the detection list is the DVD/CD-RW drive on the "Primary IDE slave". Have I screwed up my cabling?
What is the meaning of the above recommendation? Note that I am facing absolutely no problems with the current setup, no slowdowns, no unexplained delays, nothing. Just that the recommendation is bugging me.
Should I or should I not change anything?
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Info and recommendation:
Current IDE channel mode
primary master channel: PIO Mode
primary slave channel: UDMA Mode 2
secondary master channel: PIO Mode
secondary slave channel: PIO Mode
Recomendation: Change IDE drive mode from PIO to
UDMA mode will increase disk read/write performance.
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I benched my HDD with Sandra 2005 and it reports a speed of 50 MB/s with an average access time of 7 ms. Is this OK for my Seagate SATA 7.2K rpm 80GB HDD?
I checked in the BIOS and the HDD is detected as "Third IDE master" and it says that UDMA Mode 6 is enabled for my SATA HDD. The only other thing in the detection list is the DVD/CD-RW drive on the "Primary IDE slave". Have I screwed up my cabling?
What is the meaning of the above recommendation? Note that I am facing absolutely no problems with the current setup, no slowdowns, no unexplained delays, nothing. Just that the recommendation is bugging me.
Should I or should I not change anything?