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    COMPAL EL80 Slow HD access

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by imachine, Apr 29, 2011.

  1. imachine

    imachine Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I've purchased a Corsair SSD SATA disk.

    It's supposed to push 380MB/s with read.

    I installed it on Compal EL80, I ran a test with Ubuntu hdparm -t /dev/sda and I have to say the results are quite dissapointing.

    I get 125-128MB/s when reading off of the disk itself, and about 980MB/s with buffered reads (so I reckon the interface is capable).

    What gives? Is it a faulty SSD? Does the COMPAL have it like this, is it the hardware max performance of this computer platform?

    Regards,
     
    imachine, Apr 29, 2011
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  2. mirage_bg

    mirage_bg Notebook Deity

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    Most probably your laptop doesn't support SATA 3.0..
     
    mirage_bg, Apr 29, 2011
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