Old Dell 9300: HD Transfer Speed down to 2.5 MB/sec after some Windows Updates?

Discussion in 'Dell Inspiron and Dell Studio' started by crashnburn, Oct 22, 2011.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. crashnburn

    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    17
    Messages:
    269
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Old Dell 9300: HD Transfer Speed down to 2.5 MB/sec after some Windows Updates?

    This was an old laptop that I kept for my mother to use for her once a blue moon usage. Big screen and convenient.

    Off late I had some data on it that I wanted to have so I transferred a bunch through USB to external 2.5" HDD as well as via Ethernet network.

    Speeds were 15-18 MBps.

    Then while it was on the network it kind of wanted to update the OS with patches. So I let it do that.

    The next time I tried a Network or USB Transfer the speeds crawled to 2.5 MBPS.

    I figured something was wrong with USB since XP updates.

    But today I ran HD Tune and it shows HDD Max & Avg speed at 2.4 Mbps.

    What happened? Why is it croaking slow now?

     
  2. crashnburn

    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    17
    Messages:
    269
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    [quote name="gabiz_ro" url="/t/238437/old-dell-9300-hd-transfer-speed-down-to-2-5-mb-sec-after-some-windows-updates#post_3274654"]Maybe HDD stuck in PIO mode
    Check this
    IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use PIO mode after multiple time-out or CRC errors occur[/quote]

    Thanks. That was the issue and no one was able to point it out. I did the WORKAROUND in the article.

    I wonder if there is a QuickFix without having to install a full service pack?
     
  3. crashnburn

    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    17
    Messages:
    269
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    HD Tune Benchmark after the fix:

    Min: 7.2
    Max 43.9
    Avg: 32.1
    AT: 16.0ms
    Burst: 51.6
    CPU Usage: 3.5%
     
Loading...
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page