Hard Drive

[jonathan_tijuana]

I want to know what is the speed of my hd, is there a way a can figure out this?
i want to know because i have two hd the are the same storage but one is 2mb and the other is 8mb, Thanks for any help.

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by jonathan_tijuana@9 May 2004 - 16:46
I want to know what is the speed of my hd, is there a way a can figure out this?
i want to know because i have two hd the are the same storage but one is 2mb and the other is 8mb, Thanks for any help.
they run at about 6 hundred rpm each...

[S!X]

well sometimes you can tell the speed by the size of the HD. 60GB or higher is usually 7200RPM and thing lower then 60GB is probbly 5200RPM or less

[jonathan_tijuana]

both of them are 120 and 7200RPM one of them doesnt work, i want to know which is the one that is working, the 8mb or 2mb.

[Storm]

cant you open your comp up, check model numbers and search on the manufacturers site?

[jonathan_tijuana]

i did but this is what it say

DiamondMax Plus 9
Maximum Capacity of 200.0 GB
Ultra ATA/133 & SATA 150 Compatible Models
9.3 ms Average Seek Time
2MB & 8MB Cache Buffer
FDB Motors
7200 RPM.

[callum]

Originally posted by jonathan_tijuana@9 May 2004 - 22:33
i did but this is what it say

DiamondMax Plus 9
Maximum Capacity of 200.0 GB
Ultra ATA/133 & SATA 150 Compatible Models
9.3 ms Average Seek Time
2MB & 8MB Cache Buffer
FDB Motors
7200 RPM.
It should tell you their model numbers in device manager

[kaiweiler]

or even easier, why not download Aida32 (http://www.webattack.com/get/aida32.shtml) and look in Storage>Windows Storage>Your Hard Drive>and look under Buffer Size, should be there

[atiVidia]

dm9 is automatically a 7200rpm model no Qs asked :)

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by atiVidia@9 May 2004 - 20:20
dm9 is automatically a 7200rpm model no Qs asked :)
That's not what he wants to know, he knows it's a 7200rpm, he wants to know buffer size, either 8mb cache or 2mb cache

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+9 May 2004 - 19:34--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 9 May 2004 - 19:34)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia@9 May 2004 - 20:20
dm9 is automatically a 7200rpm model no Qs asked :)
That&#39;s not what he wants to know, he knows it&#39;s a 7200rpm, he wants to know buffer size, either 8mb cache or 2mb cache [/b][/quote]
ugh...


he needs to benchmark it to find out its relative speed&#33;


its not like its gonna say: on your system this will have an 8.9ms seek time. i mean hell if they could do that with every system then they can just as well make cpu current testors with duracell wrappers&#33;




oh wait they can already do that :(

[tesco]

Originally posted by atiVidia+9 May 2004 - 19:46--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (atiVidia @ 9 May 2004 - 19:46)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by kaiweiler@9 May 2004 - 19:34
<!--QuoteBegin-atiVidia@9 May 2004 - 20:20
dm9 is automatically a 7200rpm model no Qs asked :)
That&#39;s not what he wants to know, he knows it&#39;s a 7200rpm, he wants to know buffer size, either 8mb cache or 2mb cache
ugh...


he needs to benchmark it to find out its relative speed&#33;


its not like its gonna say: on your system this will have an 8.9ms seek time. i mean hell if they could do that with every system then they can just as well make cpu current testors with duracell wrappers&#33;




oh wait they can already do that :( [/b][/quote]
he doesnt want to know any speeds he wants to know how big the cache is, 8mb or 2mb. one drive is 2mb, one is 8mb. one is broken, he doesnt know if teh 8mb one or the 2mb one is broken.

jon, download aida 32, then look at teh info on your working hard drive, and it will say somewhere the size of the cache.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@9 May 2004 - 21:53
he doesnt want to know any speeds he wants to know how big the cache is, 8mb or 2mb. one drive is 2mb, one is 8mb. one is broken, he doesnt know if teh 8mb one or the 2mb one is broken.

jon, download aida 32, then look at teh info on your working hard drive, and it will say somewhere the size of the cache.
for this Jonathan, refer to one of my previous posts in this thread, I gave you a link to Aida32 and also told you where to look B)
Cheers

[ck-uk]

a good way of testin&#39; the speeds m8 ,open nero ,file ,preferences ,cache,

test speed button....

[jonathan_tijuana]

Thanks everyone :) that program really helped me B)

[clocker]

Originally posted by jonathan_tijuana@9 May 2004 - 15:19
both of them are 120 and 7200RPM one of them doesnt work, i want to know which is the one that is working, the 8mb or 2mb.
Okay...indulge me here.
Two HDDs, one works and the other doesn&#39;t.
What possible difference would the size of the cache make?
In fact, how difficult can it be to determine which drive is faulty?

This is a very confusing thread....

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker+10 May 2004 - 08:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 10 May 2004 - 08:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-jonathan_tijuana@9 May 2004 - 15:19
both of them are 120 and 7200RPM one of them doesnt work, i want to know which is the one that is working, the 8mb or 2mb.
Okay...indulge me here.
Two HDDs, one works and the other doesn&#39;t.
What possible difference would the size of the cache make?
In fact, how difficult can it be to determine which drive is faulty?

This is a very confusing thread.... [/b][/quote]
one drive is broken, he&#39;s not sure if the drive with the 8mb cahce or the one with the 2mb cache is broken...

[clocker]

Rossco,
I still don&#39;t see the dilemma...which one can he access, read/write to?
Wouldn&#39;t that be the "good" one?
To me, this sounds equivalent to " One of my legs is broken, how can I tell which one?"
What am I missing here?

[Virtualbody1234]

Don&#39;t walk on your broken leg, clocker. Use your good one.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@10 May 2004 - 06:48
Don&#39;t walk on your broken leg, clocker. Use your good one.
But I would prefer to us the one with the big cache...er, I mean calf....oh nevermind.

Perhaps some caffeine will make this topic clearer....

[atiVidia]

the one with more cache--er, muscle strength can rea---er walk faster/more reliably


there is it clear now? more cache=faster overall performance&#33;



however it honestly doesnt matter if u disable write caching in the drive properties.

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker@10 May 2004 - 08:31
Rossco,
I still don&#39;t see the dilemma...which one can he access, read/write to?
Wouldn&#39;t that be the "good" one?
To me, this sounds equivalent to " One of my legs is broken, how can I tell which one?"
What am I missing here?
:frusty:

he knows physically which hard drive is broken, he wants to know if the one in his computer at teh moment, the working drive, is 8mb cahce or 2mb cahce...

ok here is another example of the same question:


What program can I use to check how much cache my hard drive has?

now you get it?lol

[lynx]

How about: look at the drive, note the model number, look it up on the manufacturer&#39;s web site. That&#39;s usually a pretty surefire way of getting reliable information.