Biggest largest harddrive on BP6?

Ehrs · Post by **Ehrs** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:04 pm

I am going to put some of my unused computer parts to a file server. I would like to put a single 300 Gb 5400 rpm on the BP6 using the onboard controller or the HPT366. It doesnt matter. Is that possible?

I dont want to buy a new controller, even if it costs as little as $20. And speed is not important. If 300 Gb isnt working, what is the largest that works?

/Ehrs

CatDaddy! · Post by **CatDaddy!** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:20 pm

I'm sure by now you've got it installed.

I run a 250gb harddrive on my bp6.

It does run rather slow...like its bogged down from the size.
I noticed the big slow down when I upgraded from a 40gb HD.

Moving and Manipulating large volumns of files in Explorer,
either locally or via a LAN is getting to be a drag.

Does anybody have any ideas about how to speed up
the HD access times on a ATA133mhz? ... Level6

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Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:41 am

Welcome, CatDaddy!

CatDaddy! wrote:I run a 250gb harddrive on my bp6.

On the HPT366 or the standard IDE? Is it really running in UDMA mode? Did you check transfer rates and access times (with HDtach or Diskspeed32)?

Ehrs · Post by **Ehrs** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:31 pm

I bought a 160 gig Samsung drive instead. It works on both on-board IDE and HPT366. But I am having major problems installing Win2k pro on it. I tried that RV-bios but it won't work...

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:42 pm

Ehrs wrote:I bought a 160 gig Samsung drive instead. It works on both on-board IDE and HPT366. But I am having major problems installing Win2k pro on it. I tried that RV-bios but it won't work...

Your data and your labor investment in the 160G of high performance storage deserve something better than the HPT366 controller!

The chance of disk corruption is so great with this type of a combo - out of date quirky controller & up to date fast drive - that I can't warn you strongly enough to avoid the HPT366 and use a Promise ATA133 card.

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 4:57 pm

i would advise ANYONE against useing the hpt366 controller for any data storage devices

CatDaddy! · Post by **CatDaddy!** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:43 pm

Actually I use a Promise Card and Drivers for my 250gb drive.

I'm overclocked to a 87mhz fsb, about 467mhz. 2.1volts

I've also performed all the other tweaks from the how-to-overclock
section. I've seen some actually improvement! Although Local and
LAN disk transfer speeds still suck.

I'm looking into getting the programs you mentioned and check
to see what I'm getting. I look to post those results for further
comments.

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Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:17 am

If you use an external controller, I can´t see why transfer rates should suffer. What OS are you using? Did you check if DMA is enabled?

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:47 pm

hrm

what is your LAN setup?

what do you have connected to everything?

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:03 am

CatDaddy! wrote:Actually I use a Promise Card and Drivers for my 250gb drive.

I'm overclocked to a 87mhz fsb, about 467mhz. 2.1volts

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Have you tried the Promise card in different PCI slots?
You might have an issue with IRQ sharing.