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eSata plugged into Sata socket via adaptor cable very slow

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Mar 15, 20261306 views
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Why would an external eSata Drive (xSonic with 500Gb notebook Hard Drive) run ok on a Silicon Image based PCI-E to eSata adaptor at about 35MB/s, But then run really slow when plugged into NForce4 Sata socket via cable? I have another version of the problem with Really slow 1MB/s!!! performance on …

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Fix for: eSata plugged into Sata socket via adaptor cable very slow

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Have you tried using on of the S.M.A.R.T. HD tools? I would use one of these tools to see if there is a difference in read/write errors. Some programs that read the S.M.A.R.T. information from the hard drive are: HD Tune PassMark DiskCheckup SMARTRe…

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