Re: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question

[Brian Ackermann <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>]

Ok, then, whats a 'medium-good' controller go for these days...better yet,
whats a good model to look for?

> From: "Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>
> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 09:42:01 -0500
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Subject: RE: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
> 
> There were some problems with early ATAPI implementations that led to
> bizarre HD/CDROM conflicts even if they were on separate controllers.  I bet
> it goes away if you get that newer controller.
> 
> --
> Carl Patten
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Ackermann [mailto:brian_ackermann@bbros.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:41 AM
>> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
>> 
>> 
>> Tom,
>> 
>> It is faster than 16x..20x if I remember correctly, but this issue 'feels'
>> different than that...as my system hangs, the HD just chugs and chugs and
>> chugs, and after MANY seconds, it idles down and then the cd comes back up
>> again.  Your suggestion SOUNDS logical, but the bahavior would
>> indicate that
>> I have SEVERAL MB in buffers, waiting to off load....
>> 
>> Personally, I think its an issue with a semi-faulty, or inefficient IDE
>> controller...But I don't know much about hardware.  I only know that every
>> time I sit down to use this thing, that I want to throw it out the window,
>> because its so frustrating to do anything with...
>> 
>>> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>
>>> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 09:18:58 -0500
>>> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
>>> 
>>> How fast is your CD-ROM.  If it is faster than about 16x, you
>> might have a
>>> problem where it constantly is spinning up and then settling
>> down.  In that
>>> case - you simply need a new CD-ROM.
>>> 
>>> Tom Veldhouse
>>> veldy@visi.com
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Brian Ackermann <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>
>>> To: tclug <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:12 AM
>>> Subject: [TCLUG:17250] [OT] Hardware Question
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey all,
>>>> 
>>>> I've got a quick hardware question that I think someone can
>> answer for me.
>>>> I've got a computer at home that behaves 'badly' when
>> accessing both the
>>>> Hard disk and the cdrom.  I believe the HD is attached to the
>> IDE primary,
>>>> and the CD is attached to the secondary.
>>>> 
>>>> When using both items at the same time, most notably when transferring
>>> data
>>>> between them(I think everything works just fine if I'm
>> listening to a CD,
>>>> and crunching on the HD), I get errors all over the place.
>>>> 
>>>> It seems that my HD just spins and spins and spins, and
>> eventually the CD
>>>> read buffer (or whatever) fills, and then times out.  Then the disk
>>> catches
>>>> up, grabs the buffer and flushes it, and then everything works
>> peachy for
>>>> another 10 seconds....
>>>> 
>>>> As you can see, this makes lengthy installations of anything quite
>>>> difficult.
>>>> 
>>>> My question is, what can I do to fix this issue?  I had been
>> planning on
>>>> going with a full rebuild of the machine, getting a new case, mobo, and
>>>> anything else I can't salvage from this guy.
>>>> 
>>>> But then I started thinking that maybe if I just bought a PCI IDE
>>>> controller, and plugged my devices into that, that my problems may be
>>>> resolved for a good deal less money.
>>>> 
>>>> Tell me what you think.
>>>> Brian
>>>> 
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