-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Rant about Sluggishness during file transfer.
- From: "Barry" <barrys.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:47:04 +0100
Hi yeah.
I originally bought it because I had ran out of IDE channels in my system.
I had only one drive on it but for some reason they've put two of my storage
drives on it now...
Cheers
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 2:36 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Rant about Sluggishness during file transfer.
> Really quick question before we dwell further into this whole
problem...=20
> Are you using the RAID controller at all?
>
> ---Troth
>
>
> At 9/20/2003 09:15 AM, you wrote:
> >Hi all.
> >
> >It was recommended to me that I should join this list and air what's
> >happened here.
> >
> >
> >I had to get a new mobo and cpu fitted
> >into my machine. Also some new RAM.
> >
> >It was one of those deals I brought my machine into a electronics store=
> here
> >in Northern Ireland. A big one, they have franchises all over the UK.
> >Maplins, is there name.
> >
> >I brought it in because during the XP install on booting from cd it would
> >copy the files then say it was going to reboot and when it would boot up
> >again it woudl say a file was missing....
> >
> >Anyway the tech in Maplisn thought it was the graphics card, then the
cpu,
> >then it turned out to be my 256stick and 128 sticks of SD RAM were bad as
> >well? I've had this machine for about 3 years and never had any problems
> >with it. In terms of RAM at any rate. In fact I only fitted the 256
about
> >two years back when I first installed win xp home on here.
> >
> >So I'd to buy a new 512 stick of DDR RAM.....
> >
> >I think I was ripped there, but unfortunately I can't prove it. I've no
> >tech friends to test this mobo and cpu and RAM out....
> >
> >Anyways the cpu he fitted was a, AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+.
> >
> >I've noticed that when I'm copying files from either cd rom onto the hard
> >drive the computer appears sluggish during this copy. If I'm playing a
> >music file in Winamp whilst this is copying Winamp skips a bit. If I'm
> >playing a video file in Winamp whilst copying from one hard drive to=
> another
> >it stops and starts like nobodys business. However, if I'm copying from
or
> >to the other drives in the machine everythings fine. And I can quite=
> happly
> >paly music and video files. Either on a seperate drive to where the data
> >copying is going on or to drives involved in the copy process.
> >
> >Now I never, ever got this with my 384RAM and 750mhz AMD Athlon cpu.
> >
> >Has anyone any idea what this is?
> >
> >I've brought it back a number of times.
> >
> >They've changed data cables, re-arranged the hard drives because it was
> >stalling during boot up. Apparently because the RAID card was taking=
> contro
> >l? Despite the c drive being set to primary master and it being plugged
> >into the mobo.
> >
> >When I fired up partition magic the c drive was being listed as drive 2.
> >Which was very odd. When I brought it back from the shop after they
fixed
> >the RAID card from stalling the system the c drive was listed as drive 3!
> >
> >I've rang them up this morning explaining to them that I'm not happy with
> >the service.
> >
> >I've paid out =A3204 so far on parts and labour in there and the machine=
> isn't
> >running satasfactory.
> >
> >I was told that the tech had tryed everything he could and he could
either,
> >
> >1. Replace my old mobo and cpua nd RAM.
> >
> >To which I replyed, "Waht's the point in doing that if they don't work"?
> >
> >2. Upgrade this new mobo they've just put in?
> >"To whcih I replyed well the other mobo that couldn't take this AMD
Athlawn
> >2000 xp must have been a smasher because I never got this sluggishness
on=
> it
> >when transfering files".
> >
> >I've still no idea what specifically was wrong with the machine in the=
> first
> >place and now they are talking about fitted a new c drive????????
> >
> >I'm dying with a chest infection/cold here and this computer problem has
> >went on for almost a friggin month now guys!
> >
> >If I just ask for a full refund it will involve me taking it somewhere
else
> >to get it repaired. I've no idea where to go to that is reliable here in
> >Belfast. And a place that isn't going to rip the arse out of it in
terms=
> of
> >labour cost.
> >
> >Also I'm in college so I can't afford to have my computer gone for any
more
> >than a few days, in the most.
> >
> >I'm really at a loss.
> >
> >A guy on the winxphelp list told me he was.
> >
> >1. Burning a cd using Nero.
> >2. Playing a video file.
> >3. Uploading files to an ftp.
> >4. Copying files from one network drive to another witht he same cpu as
me
> >and never got any skipping?
> >
> >Which leads me to believe that it's either.
> >
> >1. The c drive.
> >2. The new mobo.
> >
> >3. The RAID card and the mobo not liking each other?
> >
> >Can anyone give me any suggestions of what to do here?
> >
> >Sorry for the grammer and typos I'm very sick and everytime I think about
> >this all it just gets me going.
> >
> >Don't get me wrong I'm not raving, swinging off the light on the ceiling=
> nor
> >am impolite when talking to the techs.
> >
> >We've just actually rang the store again because my father was getting
> >annoyed this because the fella that was on the phone this morning wasn't=
> the
> >most helpful of all people. His exact words were, "I've tryed all I
can".
> >And that's fair enough but the fact is I brought the machien down with a
> >problem had to replace all these parts, now it might be a problem with a
c
> >drive I bought from them in the first place under a year ago lol.
> >
> >It's a real old pantomime.
> >
> >My father spoke to the manager there now and then put me on to explain
what
> >was replaced and what work was done.
> >
> >The guy and I quote said half through my explanation of at first they
> >thought it was this, then that, now this.
> >
> >"Oh, I think i see where this is going".
> >
> >So I'm bringing the machine back on Wednesday afternoon. And the
manager=
> is
> >going to be there.
> >
> ><sigh>
> >
> >I'm off for a lay down as I'm caufing my lungs up here. Lovely eh?
> >
> >lol
> >
> >Barry
> >
> >
> >
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