Dumb*s*..responding to a years old thread.
"michelle rc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It's a very common problem and mostly we solve it with the software
> "tuneup360".
>
>
>> On Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:41 AM Jerry wrote:
>
>> I am using winxp professional SP3 in my PC with the following
>> configuration:
>> AMD 5000+ with 2G ram
>> Seagate 250G harddrive in my mobo ASUS M2A-VM HDMI bios 1501
>>
>> I changed the setting in the southbridge from IDE to AHCI according to
>> the
>> following link:
>> http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us
>>
>> Everything is ok and the performance is improved except winxp stops for
>> about 10 second when booting up which is same as described as the
>> following
>> link:
>> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/24...oblems-booting
>>
>> I have tried different version of ahcix86.sys (driver for AHCI), but
>> without
>> improvement for the above scenario. At present, the version of my
>> ahcix86
>> is 2.5.1540.39
>>
>> Anyone has encountered the problem and any solution to solve it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Jerry Wong
>> http://www.geocities.com/jerrywong.geo
>> ?????????L?????\?B ?????s???s?a?A???q?~?b?????C(????3:13)
>> But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
>> new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)
>
>
>>> On Friday, October 10, 2008 6:32 PM Bria wrote:
>
>>> "Jerry" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have virtually the same system (same MB, Athlon X2 4800+, 320GB
>>> HD,
>>> 2GB RAM, WIN XP home) and recently I changed from IDE to AHCI. I too
>>> noticed
>>> the same delay on boot-up, but don't think much of it since the overall
>>> system speed has not been affected. I've been wondering why the disk
>>> performance hasn't increased over IDE mode, since I have noticed little
>>> to no
>>> increase in speed since I changed modes. I'm wondering if the core
>>> speed of
>>> our processors (200 MHz, or is this system speed?) has anything to do
>>> with
>>> it. If anyone can shine some light on this, I would appreciate it as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Brian
>
>
>>>> On Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:39 AM Jerry wrote:
>
>>>> I have checked the performance between in IDE and AHCI by the PC Wizard
>>>> 2008
>>>> and HD Tune 2.55. The results in AHCI are even poor than that of IDE.
>>>> In
>>>> the HD Tune 2.55, the seagate 250G even cannot properly display its
>>>> disk
>>>> infos.
>>>>
>>>> I have changed back to IDE mode already.
>>>>
>>>> As I installed the windows in IDE mode, is there something need in the
>>>> XP
>>>> professional that will add during installation? If yes, how?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Brian" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> ???g???l???s?D:BD89C8A5-D128-4DF6-9B73-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>>>> On Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:10 AM SMD wrote:
>
>>>>> I've have installed the same AHCI driver version (AMD RAID/AHCI
>>>>> Controller
>>>>> Driver V2.5.1540.39, is the last updated version on Asus site).
>>>>> I've an M3A Asus motherboard and I've notice a lack of performance
>>>>> during
>>>>> WinXp boot and I've 2 MAXTOR SATA II disk (without RAID
>>>>> configuration). Why?
>>>>> It seems better IDE instead AHCI mode (!!!!!).
>
>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:25 AM R. McCarty wrote:
>
>>>>>> It would help in diagnosing if you did some benchmark tests on the
>>>>>> drives/controller. AHCI isn't itself faster than standard SATA type
>>>>>> controllers - it provides hot swapping and native command queuing.
>>>>>> Unless you need those features it's best to set the controller to
>>>>>> work
>>>>>> as Legacy type controllers.
>>>>>> Generally a recent SATA II drive should deliver an average speed
>>>>>> of 80+ Meg and an access time of 11-13 mSeconds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "SMDB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:39E2B0EE-9E97-4A88-8EDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:16 AM SMD wrote:
>
>>>>>>> I've tried HDTune 3.10 PRO, with 2 HD Maxtor SATA II (500 & 160 GB)
>>>>>>> and the
>>>>>>> results are the same in IDE mode or AHCI.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only during Win XP (32 bit) startup is much slower in AHCI mode than
>>>>>>> IDE mode.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm very interested to enable and use NCQ (so I've switched in AHCI)
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> I've seen that this feature doesn't give me no performances
>>>>>>> encrease.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks for yours support
>
>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:23 AM R. McCarty wrote:
>
>>>>>>>> One thing to check is the controller properties in Device Manager.
>>>>>>>> While
>>>>>>>> SATA is a single Channel host, the properties still show as Primary
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> Secondary with Auto detection. Toggle any unused channels to None.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also many vendors ship SATA II tech drives with a micro-jumper
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> limits them to SATA I performance levels - make sure the jumper has
>>>>>>>> been removed ( if installed ).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "SMDB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:84A68D71-FEB8-4542-A37C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:53 AM SMD wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>> thank for this suggestion, unfortunately I didn't found these
>>>>>>>>> parameters. In
>>>>>>>>> Device Manager (hw configuration) under 'Controller SCSI and RAID'
>>>>>>>>> I've only
>>>>>>>>> 'ATI AHCI compatible RAID controller' and 'ATI RAID Console'. In
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> properties folder I see only: General, Driver, Details and
>>>>>>>>> Resources, but I
>>>>>>>>> don find your suggested parameter.
>>>>>>>>> Could you explain in deep where I have to check?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've already checked and I've removed the SATA I limitation jumper
>>>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>>>> the installation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thank you for patience
>
>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:13 AM SMD wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>>> someone could help me?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> thanks
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:50 AM Paul wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>>>> SMDB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://forums.storagereview.net/lofi...hp/t26864.html
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Storagereview is a good place to do some research. and their
>>>>>>>>>>> search page even works. (Must be bleeding edge stuff if
>>>>>>>>>>> people still cannot get it to work properly :-( )
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://forums.storagereview.net/index.php?act=Search
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Paul
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, December 19, 2008 8:08 AM SMD wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> no helpful for my issue
>
>
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