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    Slow USB speed (M17xR2)

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by SpideRMaN-17, Oct 18, 2010.

  1. SpideRMaN-17

    SpideRMaN-17 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi All,

    I am wondering what is the max speed you get on the M17

    I have a usb external HD (5400 rpm) and when I tranfer large files (iso or similar) from HD0 to it I get only 3 to 4 Mb/s (starts from 20Mb/s but goes down almost immediatly)

    I have all drivers installed correctly according to device manager

    Thanks :)

    edit: I get same results if I connect it to eSATA
     
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  2. jcaulley

    jcaulley Notebook Consultant

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    You should be able to get 40 MB+ out of a USB 2.0 connection providing the device you are transfering from supports it. I have an external Toshiba USB 2.0/eSATA, 2TB, 7200 RPM drive that gets 42 MB/s sustained data transfer when moving muti-GB files (.avi video rips). The same drive has gotten sustained 100 MB/s transfers over eSATA. I'm quite sure on these numbers since I have recently put 1.5 TB on my media server.
     
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  3. coterj

    coterj Notebook Enthusiast

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    In Win 7
    Open "My Computer"
    Right click on the external drive , select properties.
    Click the hardware tab, select the external usb drive and click properties.
    Click change settings in the lower left corner.
    Click the policies tab.
    Select Better performance.
    Click ok and apply changes, you will need to reboot.
     
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  4. SpideRMaN-17

    SpideRMaN-17 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks guys ,

    If I do coterj suggestion I get 20Mb sustained which is a good improvment over the 3 to 4 I was getting . . but still far from the "normal" speed i should get
     
    SpideRMaN-17, Oct 18, 2010
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