Hi!
I just got this new system up and running, and sof far it's been great, but it's breaking my head trying to figure this one out.
I got a new Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black WD6401AALS shortly before the system, and tried it out with my old system (P5Q-E based system). The HD performed as it should, great results, 91+ MBs write/read and nearly 240MBs burst rate. Great HD, highly recommended.
Anwyay, I was about to sell the system to buy this new one, so just tested it, slipped it back into the anti static bag and stored it.
Today I finished installing this system, started to run some benchies to make sure it was running as it should. The HD is slower now. Read/write speeds didn't suffer much, dropped to 80-85 MB/s, but burst rate went back to half. It's showing 120MBs. In addition to all that, I cannot see SMART information anymore (no program will detect it). SMART enabled in BIOS. OS is Vista Home premium x64, same OS that was used when originally tested.
Pulled it out, tried it in another system, and got the same great past results.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I just got this new system up and running, and sof far it's been great, but it's breaking my head trying to figure this one out.
I got a new Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black WD6401AALS shortly before the system, and tried it out with my old system (P5Q-E based system). The HD performed as it should, great results, 91+ MBs write/read and nearly 240MBs burst rate. Great HD, highly recommended.
Anwyay, I was about to sell the system to buy this new one, so just tested it, slipped it back into the anti static bag and stored it.
Today I finished installing this system, started to run some benchies to make sure it was running as it should. The HD is slower now. Read/write speeds didn't suffer much, dropped to 80-85 MB/s, but burst rate went back to half. It's showing 120MBs. In addition to all that, I cannot see SMART information anymore (no program will detect it). SMART enabled in BIOS. OS is Vista Home premium x64, same OS that was used when originally tested.
Pulled it out, tried it in another system, and got the same great past results.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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