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    Transfer rates are SLOW

    I figured it out. I went to update my BIOS thinking maybe it had something to do with the SATA controllers. After updating the BIOS I rebooted and decided to check out what was in the BIOS (maybe something new? lol). Nothing new. Anyway, I was just browsing around and saw that there was a...
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    Transfer rates are SLOW

    I have two SATA drives in my computer (1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 and 1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9). The 7200.9 is SATAII so I had to put a jumper on to make the transfer rate 1.5G/s. The motherboard I'm using is the Asus A8VE-Deluxe. This has been a problem since I got the drive (and...
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    Seagate 7200.9 SATA

    I am using it for that purpose. Otherwise I would be using NTFS. I'll have to use FAT until the Linux kernel supports NTFS ;)
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    Seagate 7200.9 SATA

    I just got this new drive. Seagate 7200.9 SATA 250G HDD. When I first hooked up the drive, the BIOS didnt recognize it. So I read that you have to put on a jumper so it changes the data transfer rate from 3GB/s to 1.5GB/s. So after I did that, the BIOS recognized the drive. I then proceeded to...
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    new hard drive problems

    thanks for the advice. I have run the seagate diagnostics and it said it was error free. I dont know, maybe the read/write heads got damaged? Anyway, since the accident was not my fault the other guys insurance is paying for a new hard drive ;)
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    new hard drive problems

    I just got a new Seagate 250GB serial ata hard drive. I transfered all my data to this drive. When I play music files or video files from this drive, they sound like they start to break up or stutter. It happens alot more when data is being accessed from the drive or written to it. It seems...
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