7K60 - Performing Slow?

is the hdd using dma transfers?

Maybe it's me but I found the Intel App Accelerator slowed my i8200 down. I don't have details but when I tried it, about 8-9 month ago, the system slowed way down.

I am using the Intel Application Accelerator. The transfer mode is set to UDMA-5. Auto-Accoustic Managment and Advanced Power Managment are both disabled. Any other ideas?

Most desktop 7200rpm drives have a seek time around 8-9ms where the 7k60's is about 10ms. But, I don't know how much real world difference that translates into.

Months ago many reported the Intel app slowed their computer down.  The recommendation at the time was not to use it.

The Intel Application Accelerator is basically a driver for the Hard Drive controller (tell me if I am wrong, but it appears in the Hardware List as a driver). You might want to try the rollback function (from the device properties from sytem properties). It is just an idea, I don't know if it will work. I am pretty sure that you cannot screw up Windows this way. It has a universal driver for everything, so if you take off your video drivers, it will either A) Run in a universal resolution that it detects and use part of the previous drivers (you can check display properties) or it will B) Use its own universal driver (for instance, when install clean and haven't put on any drivers yet). But that was just an example.

 

OK, never mind. Just use the Uninstall function in the folder on the start menu. That should do it.

Message Edited by 77FuzzyBagel on 12-19-2003 09:41 AM

So if I have downloaded and been using the Intel Application Accelerator, should I uninstall it at the Add/Remove programs section in the control panel, and get better results without it? Is this the best way to get rid of it?

Thanks,