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From: ericb@hplsla.HP.COM (Eric Backus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 550Kb/sec on IDE ST1144A???
Message-ID: <13000010@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 9 May 91 23:26:58 GMT
References: <1991May8.144034.4330@hollie.rdg.dec.com>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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>        I've just purchased a 33Mhz 386 clone, which included a 124meg IDE
>drive (the Seagate ST1144A) with a generic IDE controller.  In the course
>of researching this purchase (calling Gateway, Treasure Chest, etc) I was
>qouted data transfer rates of around 1.0-1.2mb/sec on IDE drives.  Yet
>with this drive I'm only getting around 550Kb/sec!

I have a Gateway 33Mhz 386 Cache system with a Seagate ST1144A drive.  If
I completely strip the system down (NO config.sys or autoexec.bat files
at all), Norton SI measures a transfer rate above 900 Kb/sec.  With
smartdrv.sys and a few other things installed, it measures more like 750
Kb/sec.  Gateway originally told me the drive would do 1.25 Mb/sec, which
may have been a little optimistic.  I have no idea how accurate Norton SI
is, but I do know I've been happy with my drive.
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				Eric Backus
				ericb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com
				(206) 335-2495