What's your definition of all very boring? You never know, it might not be that boring.Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Well if you ever want to link "All very technical" with "All very boring" give me a shout!
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What's your definition of all very boring? You never know, it might not be that boring.Well if you ever want to link "All very technical" with "All very boring" give me a shout!
James
My System:
Beresford Caiman (Murata Regs, Elna Silmic II, Rubycon Caps, Op-Amp Bypass & OPA2132P) QED Performance Optical
Arcam DIVA A70 QED Reference Audio Evolution & QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Dali Concept 6 (Custom Built Crossovers & Complete Re-Wire) QED XT Evolution & Airlocs
BK Gemini 2 QED Performance Audio 1
QED Qonduit Mains Conditioner QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Denon AH-D5000, Shure SE210, Goldring DR150
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Caiman Re-Case Project
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Well, everything used to work fine before it breaks...
Disks have three modes : PIO, DMA and UltraDMA. (slower,reliable to faster,less reliable). The mode is controlled by the HD controller (IDE controller).
When the system detects too many disks errors, it switches automatically the safer mode, to PIO mode. When it switches to PIO, everything becomes very slow as this mode uses processor instructions and memory to access the data.
So, actually, it means the disk had some errors.
Please check on your primary (or secondary) IDE channel the transfer mode used. If it's PIO, then your problem is there.
In any case, if the performance difference is very big, you need to check your HD for errors...
Hoping, of course, as James said that your disk is not ful at 98%...
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Insurance! Excited yet!?What's your definition of all very boring? You never know, it might not be that boring.
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To be fair, the company I work for is in the Civil Engineering sector (amongst others), so also not that interesting. I however, do not dig up roads, so its not quite as boringInsurance! Excited yet!?
But that's the great thing about the IT industry, you can work in pretty much any commercial sector and still do something interesting
James
My System:
Beresford Caiman (Murata Regs, Elna Silmic II, Rubycon Caps, Op-Amp Bypass & OPA2132P) QED Performance Optical
Arcam DIVA A70 QED Reference Audio Evolution & QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Dali Concept 6 (Custom Built Crossovers & Complete Re-Wire) QED XT Evolution & Airlocs
BK Gemini 2 QED Performance Audio 1
QED Qonduit Mains Conditioner QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Denon AH-D5000, Shure SE210, Goldring DR150
My Projects:
Caiman Re-Case Project
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In case you hadn't already noticed it yet, but I have taken some photos on my current system and posted them up in the gallery section.
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James
My System:
Beresford Caiman (Murata Regs, Elna Silmic II, Rubycon Caps, Op-Amp Bypass & OPA2132P) QED Performance Optical
Arcam DIVA A70 QED Reference Audio Evolution & QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Dali Concept 6 (Custom Built Crossovers & Complete Re-Wire) QED XT Evolution & Airlocs
BK Gemini 2 QED Performance Audio 1
QED Qonduit Mains Conditioner QED Qonduit 1.5m Power Cord
Denon AH-D5000, Shure SE210, Goldring DR150
My Projects:
Caiman Re-Case Project
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