%> %It seems Russell L. Carter wrote:
%> %> %It seems Russell L. Carter wrote:
%> %> %>
%> %> %> I swapped out my motherboard and am seeing this now:
%...
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%>
%> )(*&$#%$# stupid magazine benchmarkers never actually test
%> things like IO... grrrrr....
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%We in the computer hardware business have a better name for ``FIC'',
%Fix It Continuously. They are not known for their quality, or should
%I say they are known for their lack of quality :-).
How about FIO: Fix it Once. I swapped in an ASUS K7 and now everything
is back to normal:
ata-pci0: <VIA 82C686 ATA-66 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 4.1 on
pci
0
ata-pci0: Busmastering DMA supported
ata0 at 0x01f0 irq 14 on ata-pci0
ata1 at 0x0170 irq 15 on ata-pci0
[...]
ad0: <IBM-DTTA-371440/T71OA73> ATA-4 disk at ata0 as master
ad0: 13783MB (28229040 sectors), 28005 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
ad0: 16 secs/int, 32 depth queue, UDMA33
ad1: <IBM-DPTA-372050/P76OA30> ATA-4 disk at ata1 as master
ad1: 19574MB (40088160 sectors), 39770 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
ad1: 16 secs/int, 32 depth queue, UDMA66
I've been hammering the drives and so far no fallback. Still
to go is a bonnie check.
Regards,
Russell
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