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    T61 Ultrabay transfer speed question (again by the looks of the other threads)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bert Kwok, Oct 16, 2011.

  1. Bert Kwok

    Bert Kwok Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,
    I am scouting for the cheapest bang for my buck in the form of a +500Gb storage drive to slot in the Ultrabay. I did some transfer tests to see what I might need.
    I formatted the WD 80Gb Scorpio that came with the lappy. Slotted that in Ultrabay and as expected it chugs along at ~50Mb/sec sustained.
    At some time during swapping in and out PCM cards, SD cards, the Combo drive (you get the picture) I retested the WD80 in the Ultrabay. 15Mb/sec is what I got, I tried ATTO as it sometimes gives a clue. Sure enough after 40% of its runs the write/read stuck at 15Mb.
    The usual desparado curiousity drove me to swap in the Combo drive and copy a file from that, 40Mb/sec, not bad. Also very confusing. Swapped the WD80 HDD back in and bingo its back to ~50Mb/sec on large file copies both ways.
    I am a self taught dabbler with pooters so I can only make guesses and try to prove those guesses. A controller hardware or firmware bug? OS not happy with the hot swap format?
    It ain`t the worlds end but like many of you I like to get the best out of my machines.
    Its a 6457UG with a Crucial M4 boot running W7U, now with T9300 and 8Gb of RAM. Middleton BIOS and the SSD gave a works castoff machine a new lease of life. After 3 years of solid use I can say the machine does all the tasks very much faster than with the old WD80 Gb.
     
    Bert Kwok, Oct 16, 2011
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