Scandisk

[Rodney Kanno]

Hi Warren,

Here is the output of uname -a

Linux I8L1Y7 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001 i686 unknown  

I noticed last night when I booted up into Windows, that everything seemed to 
be fine. Windows didn't seem to be any slower than normal. Would the 
motherboard and or cooling still be suspect?

I tried doing multiple tests on hda, hda5 and hda7. hda gave me ther same 
results each time I tested it. however hda5 and hda7 varied. For one instead 
of being able to transfer 64MB in 2.89 seconds at 22.15MB/sec like hda, it 
ranged between 3.20 - 3.59 seconds and the rate of transfer 17.83 - 20MB/sec. 
I will check the cooling and the fic website for any updates tonight.

Thanks,
Rodney

On Wednesday 19 September 2001 04:42, you wrote:
> Could you please post this to the mailing list?  Just to be educational in
> the debugging process...
>
> Your "hdparm -t" results could indicate something.  It may indicate
> something that the buffered disk reads got slower with subsequent tests.
> Can you test that further and see if that is a trend that it gets slower?
>
> What version of Linux and kernel are you using?  Try "uname -a" and post
> the results.  Searching for your IDE controller the VIA Technologies
> VT82C586 chipset and Linux on Google, it doesn't appear that there were
> many troubles with that particular IDE chipset for about a year since the
> kernel driver was included and fixed.  Try searching further for "VT82C586
> Linux" and see if you find any problem reports.
>
> Please try an updated kernel for your Linux distribution.
>
> Also, I have had many bad experiences with the FIC brand of motherboards.
> They are often the first to market with new motherboard chipsets, and I
> have been burned a few times by these rushed products.  My colleagues at
> AMDMB.com http://www.amdmb.com consider their brand name as "lousy
> products", although the SD11 motherboard in particular was quite high when
> it was first released.
>
> Also try flashing your BIOS to the latest version on their web site.
>
> Check your system cooling too.  If your CPU temperature is not below 55C
> then you need a better HSF.  I'm using GlobalWin WBK68 rated up to
> 1.5GHz... excellent cooling and very low noise.  Also, many motherboards by
> low quality brands like FIC have crappy passive cooling on their
> motherboard northbridge or southbridge chipsets.  Look for a tiny heatsink
> on the motherboard that is held down by crappy plastic clips and metal
> springs. You will be able to lift the heatsink from the board slightly if
> you have one of these really bad motherboards.  (Abit BP6 was one of these
> motherboards.)  Very often these tiny heatsinks have very little thermal
> contact with the chipset due to poor design and weak pressure holding to
> the motherboard.  You could try replacing the heatsink with something like
> the ThermalTake BlueOrb, but it is often far cheaper and more effective to
> simply use Arctic Silver thermal transfer compound to improve thermal
> conductivity between the chipset and the heatsink.  It makes a BIG
> difference, even over other thermal transfer greases or pads.
>
> Byteware carries Arctic Silver
> http://www.byteware.net/product_info.php?cPath=&id=1069&
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodney Kanno" <pepe65 at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: <warren at togami.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:30 PM
> Subject: Scandisk
>
> > Hi Warren,
> >
> > K I have attached the output results of lspci -v. The hard drive that
>
> Linux
>
> > is installed on is an IBM-DPTA-372050, 20040 MB. The drive is partitioned
>
> as
>
> > follows:
> >
> > hda - Windows
> > hda5 - /
> > hda6 - swap
> > hda7 - /home
> >
> > results of hdparm -t
> >
> > /dev/hda:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  2.93 seconds = 21.84 MB/sec
> >
> > /dev/hda5:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.20 seconds = 20.00 MB/sec
> >
> > /dev/hda6:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.59 seconds = 17.83 MB/sec
> >
> > /dev/hda7:
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:  64 MB in  3.59 seconds = 17.83 MB/sec
> >
> > DMA is enabled.
> > Motherboard is 1stMainboard SD11 www.fic.com.tw
> >
> > Let me know if you need anymore info.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rodney
>
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