Jul 20, 2008 #1 R r1fl3m4n n00b Joined Jul 8, 2008 Messages 10 And my 250GB WD HDD gets only about 11.5 MB/s burst and 11.0MB/s sequential. That is absolutely horrible performance for drives on the SATA interface.... I was just wondering if this was a sign of HDD failure?
And my 250GB WD HDD gets only about 11.5 MB/s burst and 11.0MB/s sequential. That is absolutely horrible performance for drives on the SATA interface.... I was just wondering if this was a sign of HDD failure?
Jul 20, 2008 #2 F Farva Extremely [H] Joined Feb 3, 2004 Messages 38,145 Sounds like a bad drive, so call up WD and see if you can get a replacement.
Jul 20, 2008 #3 M mwarps Supreme [H]ardness Joined Oct 6, 2002 Messages 7,072 cable? drive? controller? try another cable and then another drive..
Jul 20, 2008 #4 R r1fl3m4n n00b Joined Jul 8, 2008 Messages 10 Ahh it was in PIO mode. Switched it to the SATA data rate and now it's fine. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Ahh it was in PIO mode. Switched it to the SATA data rate and now it's fine. Thanks for the suggestions though.
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