David Haller wrote:
I've been seen the 'CHS sector 0' on an external eSATA drive (where the drive is simply slotted in[1]), but speed stayed up with that.
I have the reducing of the speed with un-DVDs, i.e. discs with defect sectors, where the drive (IDE btw) needs minutes to read and "fail" the sector.
With internal drives, I'd recommend checking / replacing the SATA-Cables (best those with clips).
Thanks for the feedback, David. I should have mentioned that I've tried multiple cables of different designs both for the data and the power cable, and I've been careful to keep the connectors aligned. Also, since all the problems seem to go away when I run Knoppix, it seems like it may not be a hardware problem at all now! That's why I called it weird :) Must do more testing. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org