DOS Games Discussion

pedersencato · Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 43

Hi again,

I have a older computer, as is the norm around here, a Celeron 1000Mhz, running XP. I recently picked up a PCI SATA Controller card, so I could take advantage of the Seagate 320GB 7200.10 I had. I moved all my music and pictures, a total of about 25GB, plus movies and other things to take load of my main IDE drive. Now I've started to notice that when a program is actively using the SATA drive it pauses the system for about 2 seconds every 5 or so. As an example, I have iTunes using the music from the SATA drive, and I let it run overnight it's 'Determining Gapless Playback Information' and it got through 550 of 4600. The same pauses occur when I run my defragger on the drive (but not on the other one.) When nothing is using the SATA drive the computer runs fine. Thanks in advance for your help.

AdamN · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:43 am Post subject:

There shouldn't be delays, and speed should be faster than IDE. However, looking at your processor (Celeron 1000MHz) I would have suggested IDE, before even recommending SATA for your machine!
It is delaying due to the system bus in your machine - it really can't handle it!

dosraider · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

Indeed, Celeron 1ghz+XP+SATA PCI card, not a good idea.
The drivers supplied for such stuff aren't top notch.
Better stick with IDE.
Or a USB2 <-> external SATA HD box.
(Even better external SATA HD box <-> LAN connectible).
Doesn't cost more then a PCI card, and with own power supply.
And you can drag your HD everywhere you want.