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    Slow transfer rate?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Ghold, Aug 16, 2009.

  1. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I just bought a Western Digital My Boot Essintail edition (500gb, 2.0 USB) and the transfer rate between my computer and the WD HDD is about 15.4 mb/s, is this normal?
     
    Ghold, Aug 16, 2009
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  2. lee_what2004

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    a bit on the slow side, you should be able to reach about 20-23MB/s
     
    lee_what2004, Aug 17, 2009
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  3. Xtt

    Xtt Notebook Consultant

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    Yep, although for some reason my old laptop only transferred at around that speed while my new one does close to 30 mb/s

    Differences in power supplied to USBs?
     
    Xtt, Aug 18, 2009
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    More, more like "are there any internal USB hubs sharing bandwidth between ports needlessly." Power would not affect transfer speeds, unless something were really really wrong...and even then the drive would probably just not work.
     
    Greg, Aug 18, 2009
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    Xtt Notebook Consultant

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    Mmm.. I think my old laptop did that, if it shows up in the Device Manager as a USB hub?
     
    Xtt, Aug 18, 2009
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm not 100% sure how to tell what it is doing (short of looking at the motherboard and looking up chip specifications), but internal USB hubs are annoying to me.
     
    Greg, Aug 18, 2009
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  7. Tinderbox (UK)

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    what chipset do you have on your notebook , i had an amd puma and i was only getting 15mb/s from my 1tb external.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 18, 2009
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