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Hi everyone,
I've got a 500GB seagate drive in a vantec dock. Although that's the enclosure I'm using right now I've actually noticed this behaviour with every external USB drive that I've ever used.
Basically when writing to external drives I get speeds within normal USB 2.0 ranges but when reading these drives I get <3MB/s.
Very confused about what could be causing this, anyone know where to start trying to figure it out?
I'll post some HD Tune screenshots shortly.
System
Windows XP SP2
CPU: AMD 3400+
GPU: Nvidia 6800GS
RAM: 1GB Generic
Motherboard: Albatron K8X800 Pro II V2.0
Chipset: VIA K8T800/8237
Drivers should all be up to date.
I've got a 500GB seagate drive in a vantec dock. Although that's the enclosure I'm using right now I've actually noticed this behaviour with every external USB drive that I've ever used.
Basically when writing to external drives I get speeds within normal USB 2.0 ranges but when reading these drives I get <3MB/s.
Very confused about what could be causing this, anyone know where to start trying to figure it out?
I'll post some HD Tune screenshots shortly.
System
Windows XP SP2
CPU: AMD 3400+
GPU: Nvidia 6800GS
RAM: 1GB Generic
Motherboard: Albatron K8X800 Pro II V2.0
Chipset: VIA K8T800/8237
Drivers should all be up to date.