RE: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad X31's IC25N ATA100 drive not up to spec!

 
Thanks Robert. I made some registry tweaks, and downloaded SiSoft 2004.
New result:

12 MB/s!!

Reference drive: 10 MB/s. And I beat you it looks like. Don't know why
mine is in Megs and not kilobytes, but it doesn't matter. It is working up
to snuff now.

Thanks agin for your input.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [mailto:rosenr@mail.nih.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:55 PM
To: thinkpad@stderr.org
Cc: 314@comcast.net
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad X31's IC25N ATA100 drive not up to spec!

I fired up SiSoft Sandra 2004 and got the following:

C: on the X31 (40GB, 4200rpm, IC25N040ATCS04-0) 11,167 kB/s

For reference:
ATA100 2.5" 40GB 4200 rpm 14,914 kB/s
ATA66 2,5" 20GB 4200 rpm
10,300 kB/s

Currently running UDMA-5

You might try the latest version of SiSoft Sandra. And make sure nothing
else is running.

_____________________
Robert Rosen
Chief Information Officer
National Institute of Arthritis and
  Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
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E-Mail: rosenr@mail.nih.gov

 
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:18:29 -0400
> From: <314@comcast.net>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad X31's IC25N ATA100 drive not up to spec!
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Message-ID: <200406150018.i5F0IZHC002288@illuminati.stderr.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hey guys, I was browsing a web site the other day that claimed that
> for
> UDMA-5 mode (aka ATA100) to work with an Intel chipset, one needs to
> do a registry modification first. Sounded kind of crazy. But it got
> me wondering about our X31s. So I fired up SiSoft Sandra 2003 and
> tested the IC25N 4200 RPM ATA100 Hitachi drive. Sandra thinks it is
> ATA100 now. But Sandra gave it a score of only 8407 kB/s! For
> comparison, according to
> Sandra:
>
> ATA100 5400 RPM: 20000 kB/s
> ATA66 4200 RPM: 10300 kB/s
> ATA100 4200 RPM X31: 8407 kB/s
> ATA33 4200 RPM: 6500 kB/s
>
> Looks like this drive is going about twice as slow as it should be.
> Anyone else using this drive agree there is something wrong? If so,
> how do I make the registry hack to get ATA100?
>
>
>
>
>
> More data:
>
> RAM: 512 MBPC2700 cas2.5 + 256 PC2100 cas2 SiSoftware Sandra
>
> OS: Windows XP SP1 factory default
> General Capabilities of drive according to Ssandra 2003:
> Channel : Master
> Type : ATA
> Removable Device : No
> Model : IC25N020ATCS04-0
> Revision : CA2OA71A
> Serial Number : XXX
> ATA/ATAPI Approved Version : 5.19
> Cache Buffer Type : Multi-Sector with Read Cache Cache Buffer Size :
> 1768kB
> (3536 sectors)
>
> Drive Geometry
> CHS Geometry : 16383 x 15 x 63
> CHS Total Sectors : 15481935
> LBA Total Sectors : 39070080
> Number of ECC Bytes : 4
> Disk Capacity : 18.6GB
>
> Translation Mode Geometry
> CHS Geometry : 16383 x 15 x 63
> CHS Total Sectors : 15481935
>
> Properties
> IORDY Support : Yes
> IORDY Disableable : Yes
> LBA Support : Yes
> DMA Support : Yes
>
> Features
> SMART Support : Yes
> Security Support : Yes
> Power Management Support : Yes
> Advanced Power Management Support : Yes Power-up in Standby : Yes
> Packet Command Interface : No Removable Media : No Look-Ahead Buffer :
> Yes Write-Back Cache : Yes Host Protect Area : Yes Microcode Update :
> No Acoustic Management : No 48-bit LBA : No Device Config Overlay :
> Yes
>
> Active Features
> SMART Enabled : Yes
> Security Enabled : No
> Power Management Enabled : Yes
> Advanced Power Management Enabled : Yes Power-up in Standby Enabled :
> No Look-Ahead Buffer Enabled : Yes Write-Back Cache Enabled : Yes Host
> Protect Area Enabled : Yes
>
> SMART Information
> Version : 1.01
> ATA Commands Support : Yes
> ATAPI Commands Support : Yes
> SMART Commands Support : Yes
>
> SMART Data
> Raw Read Error Rate (01) : 0 (Th 62; Min 100; Max 100) Throughput
> Performance (02) : 0 (Th 40; Min 100; Max 100) Spin-up Time (03) : 1
> (Th 33; Min 127; Max 127) Start/Stop Count (04) : 1542 (Th 0; Min 100;
> Max 100) Re-Allocated Sector Count (05) : 0 (Th 5; Min 100; Max 100)
> Seek Error Rate
> (07) : 0 (Th 67; Min 100; Max 100) Seek Time Performance (08)
> : 0 (Th 40; Min 100; Max 100) Power-On Time Count (09) : 1455 (Th 0;
> Min 97; Max 97) Spin Retry Count (0A) : 0 (Th 60; Min 100; Max 100)
> Power Cycle Count (0C) :
> 1012 (Th 0; Min 100; Max 100) G-Sense Error Count (BF) : 0 (Th 0; Min
> 100; Max 100) Power-Off Park Count (C0) : 12 (Th 0; Min 100; Max 100)
> Load/Unload Cycle Count (C1) : 37965 (Th 0; Min 97; Max 97) Drive
> Temperature (C2) : 51 (Th 0; Min 107; Max 107) Re-Allocated Data Count
> (C4) : 0 (Th 0; Min 100; Max 100) Pending Sector Count (C5) : 0 (Th 0;
> Min 100; Max 100) Un-Correctable Sector Count (C6) : 0 (Th 0; Min 100;
> Max 100) CRC Error Count (C7) : 0 (Th 0; Min 200; Max 200)
>
> Environment Monitor(s)
> HD / Aux Temperature : 51.0°C / 123.8°F
>
> Transfer Modes Support
> Maximum Block Transfer : 16
> Transfer Width : 16-bit
> Max PIO Mode : PIO-4
> Max DMA MW Mode : MWDMA-2
> Max UDMA Mode : UDMA-5
>
> Transfer Modes Active
> Current Block Transfer : 16
> Current Active Mode : UDMA-5
>
> Performance Tips
> Warning 3101 : Power management enabled. Consider disabling on
> desktops.
> Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for
> more information about the tip.
>
>
>
>

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Received on Wed Jun 16 11:55:50 2004