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3TB External HDD & Rear SATA Port = Slow Boot
Hi,
I needed additional data storage and got a 3TB Western Digital HDD in a Vantec NST-330SU3 enclosure. My thought was to connect the external HDD to the rear eSATA port to take advantage of two-way data traffic. The HDD was converted to GPD so the drive could be formatted to a single partition larger than 2TB. Now the boot time has gone from 2.5 minutes to 16 minutes while the external drive is doing something. I looked at the BIOS and see the external drive with settings the same as the two internal drives. The external drive is now connected to the computer with USB 3.0 and the boot time is back to normal. Transfer rates are 25 to 30 MB/sec. I have the feeling something somewhere is not right with the SATA configuration but can't figure it out. Any suggestions? -- ....Dean OptiPlex 980 MT Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.8GHz, Lynnfield, Socket LGA1156 Intel Q57 Express Chipset 4GB (2X2GB) 1333M Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 256 ATI Radeon 3450 WD2500 AAJS (MBR) & WD5000AAKS (MBR) Internal WD30 EZRX (GPD) External Vantec NST-330SU3 |
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3TB External HDD & Rear SATA Port = Slow Boot
Some options :
1) bad esata cable, causing a lot of errors on the bus 2) bad esata circuit inside the external box, causing errors 3) bad esata port on the mb, causing errors 4) would be weird but ... compatibility issues btw the hd and the external box ( it can happen if you assemble it, it should not if preassembled but you know murphy... ) anyway slow times as those mean crc errors on the line, and a lot too |
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3TB External HDD & Rear SATA Port = Slow Boot
"Alessandro Mazzini" wrote in message ... Some options : 1) bad esata cable, causing a lot of errors on the bus 2) bad esata circuit inside the external box, causing errors 3) bad esata port on the mb, causing errors 4) would be weird but ... compatibility issues btw the hd and the external box ( it can happen if you assemble it, it should not if preassembled but you know murphy... ) anyway slow times as those mean crc errors on the line, and a lot too Thank you for the list of suggestions. I think number 4 can be eliminated seeing as the HDD is working very well using a USB 3.0 connection. I will order another eSATA external data cable to see if number 1 could be the problem. It looks like the 16 minute boot using eSATA is not normal. -- ....Dean OptiPlex 980 MT Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.8GHz, Lynnfield, Socket LGA1156 Intel Q57 Express Chipset 4GB (2X2GB) 1333M Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 256 ATI Radeon 3450 WD2500 AAJS (MBR) & WD5000AAKS (MBR) Internal WD30 EZRX (GPD) External Vantec NST-330SU3 |
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3TB External HDD & Rear SATA Port = Slow Boot
you cannot rule out number 4 unless trying on another pc, sadly. I'm saying
it from personal experience of a box that worked always well with usb, but the moment I plugged the esata ... it was a specific seagate hd fw conflicting with the box hw, in fact with a different disk the issue didn't show up... the fight I had with the shop that sold the box is another story... |
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