HDD really slow!!!

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c47v3770

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Hey Guys:
I have a problem here. Few days ago I connected a IBM Deskstar 40GB (my friend´s hdd) to my machine as MASTER, and after that I connected my MAXTOR 60GB hdd back again as MASTER.
The thing is that the IBM hdd was having problems, it was working really slow and it was grinding too. After I connected my maxtor hdd back, the computer started to work really slow and now i have sound problems too. Even when I play a song the mouse starts to move slow.
Looks like the IBM hdd infected the Maxtor hdd or something like that...really strange.

What´s the problem?

I really need help with this.

Thanks


Intel Pentium III 933mhz
DFI CA64-EC MoBo
256 PC133 SDRAM
GeForce 2 Mx400
 
Oh and I´m using Windows XP Professional with SP2. Before all this happened, the computer was working fine.
 
Hmmm

Have you checked the drives for viruses/adware/spyware? Pleasee try that first. It seems to me that your probelm has to do with the processor running at full capacity and therefore SLOW.

JAN :D
 
well, I did a Low-level format yesterday, so the system is fresh right now.
And before all that happened, the system was working fine, I didn´t have any problem.

Thanks!!!
 
are you saying it was slow even after you formatted the drive. Do you have any discs in your PC, CD's floppy's, ZIP disks?
 
yes right now it´s working really slow and I still have sound problems. No, I don´t have any cd, zip or floppy disc.

What´s the problem?

Thanks for answering!!!
 
Damn thats strange, that was going to be my first suggestion (to format). Have you reset your BIOS incase it is trying to run your HDD on your friends HDD's settings?
 
well, I took out the cmos battery, I left it for 8 hours and when i putted it back and turn on the computer, it said BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR...I pressed the DELETE key and inside the bios I selected LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS.

is that the correct way to do it?

Thanks!!!
 
A bit of an elongated way of doing it but yes that would do it, yes. Does it make anything run any faster or not?
 
Hmmm...This is really puzzling. You might want to go into your bios and make sure that you have the FSB set correctly. In my system, after the cmos is cleared the bios reverts to the default fsb of 100 (versus the 166 it should be), so I have to go in there and slap it around a bit, make sure it knows who's boss. That's the only thing that I can think of that might be causing these problems...
 
LOL, yeh and whe the system is booting up check that the HDD is running at ATA133 like it should be and not something randomly slow like ATA33 or ATA66.

HINT OF THE DAY: When your PC is booting up, press "pause" on the keyboard to temporarily stop it, when your done reading the details that you stopped it for hit ENTER and it will resume.
 
Are you running the drive in PIO mode?

To ensure your drives are operating in DMA mode: (1) Control Panel, (2) System, (3) Goto the Hardware Tab, (4) Device Manager, (5) IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, (6) Right Click on Primary IDE Channel --> Properties, (7) Goto the Advanced Settings Tab, Make sure both drop down boxes say 'DMA if Available', Click OK,(8) Right Click on Seconady IDE Channel --> Properties, (9) Goto the Advanced Settings Tab, Make sure both drop down boxes say 'DMA if Available', Click OK, (10) Reboot.
 
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