soulkeeper Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 hi all .I have Amd x64 3500 and A8n SLI deluxe from assus , 1.5 GB DDR 400 and X850xt PE and 2 hard SATA II 160GB . problem is i had 2 hards SATA 1 and then i replaced them with the 2 SATA II hards , both Hards were installed in an nvraid array stripe and when i checked the performance after the replacment nothing was changed , coz both benchmarks from sisoftsandra for filesystem benchmarks was giving 92 MB/S ... is the NVRAID array effecting the SATA II ? maybe doesnt support SATA II ? ( my board support SATA II ) or maybe sata II works as sata II when not installed in an array ? even tho its Stripe ? and the cluster size was set to optimal ... operating system XP SP2 .here is a small brief of benchamrks :SATA 80 + SATA 120 (NVRAID ARRAY stripe ,cluster size = optimal ) = 92mb/s sisoftsandraSATA II 160 + SATA II 160 (NVRAID ARRAY stripe ,cluster size = optimal ) = 92mb/s sisoftsandraPeace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glimmerman Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 You may have to use a utility or jumper on the drive to set it to sata II.Check your documentation.Hitachi for example has a tool to set the speed (Feature tool). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 what manufactuer is it, like said above hitachi requires you to download s tool to allow it to go to full speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Has anyone replaced a SATA I drive with a SATA II drive and got a fastertransfer rate? According to this article http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2450SATA II doesn't mean the drive supports 3GB transfer rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big poppa pump Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Most of the HDD's that support SATA II have SATA II disabled by default via jumper. You will have to reposition the jumpers to enable SATA II features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulkeeper Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 its a western digital and yes there is a jumper in it but i think if i remove it it will work as 150 not 300 transfer speed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssmokee Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 hi all .I have Amd x64 3500 and A8n SLI deluxe from assus , 1.5 GB DDR 400 and X850xt PE and 2 hard SATA II 160GB . problem is i had 2 hards SATA 1 and then i replaced them with the 2 SATA II hards , both Hards were installed in an nvraid array stripe and when i checked the performance after the replacment nothing was changed , coz both benchmarks from sisoftsandra for filesystem benchmarks was giving 92 MB/S ... is the NVRAID array effecting the SATA II ? maybe doesnt support SATA II ? ( my board support SATA II ) or maybe sata II works as sata II when not installed in an array ? even tho its Stripe ? and the cluster size was set to optimal ... operating system XP SP2 .here is a small brief of benchamrks :SATA 80 + SATA 120 (NVRAID ARRAY stripe ,cluster size = optimal ) = 92mb/s sisoftsandraSATA II 160 + SATA II 160 (NVRAID ARRAY stripe ,cluster size = optimal ) = 92mb/s sisoftsandraPeace<{POST_SNAPBACK}>S-ATA 2 wont show any performance benefit over S-ATA 1 yet. The only part of a hard drive that could possibly sustain that speed is the cache. As you can see by your first benchmark you arent even close to the 150 MB/s of S-ATA 1. The limitation isnt the interface, its the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulkeeper Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 omg r u telling me that they fooled me ? i bought sata2 coz i thought its faster and better than sata ... where is the difference between them then ? and how can i notice the difference ? doh world tech is cheating us now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 call/email WD and ask them if there is some tool that can make it go faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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