On 14/01/07, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > > > > here's my problem - system was ok and mother board died. Purchased a > new > > > motherboard and this is what I get... > > > > > > # hdparm -t /dev/md1 > > > > > > /dev/md1: > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 3.68 seconds = 1.09 MB/sec > > > > > > which is dreadfully slow Any decent system with PATA drives should show values in range 30~50 MB/sec. It would be more useful to get output from "hdparm -tT /dev/(yourdrive)" Shots in the dark. -- Does this system have SiL drive controller chip? I ran into similar out put problem with a MSI MoBo having that chipset two years back although with SATA drives. -- Replace drive cables. I have seen degraded output with some old cables but never so much. HTH -- Regards, Sudev Barar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070114/1f822009/attachment-0005.html>