Seeking Help

[Basil Chupin]

On 23/01/13 01:15, geoff at thebakershome.net wrote:

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> I understand that it makes sense to let the install finish. This is
> exactly what I did. The install finished. The problem I have is not with
> install or updates. The problem I have is with I/O performance. This is
> why I am searching for someone with the same motherboard. I am hoping that
> I can find someone who has this board but does not suffer from the same
> performance woes. At least then I know the kernel is correct and the board
> is flawed.

OK, the picture is getting clearer.

 From my point of view it is not your motherboard. But it could be how 
you have configured the BIOS (or now called some MS stuff called U/EFI).

Have a look in /var/logs/messages and search for "configured as" and see 
how your SDD and the HDDs have been configured with respect to UDMA 
(they should appear as ata0x in the file).

I have all SATA 3 HDDs but one of them was configured by the kernel to 
operate at UDMA 33 because it determined that the SATA 3 cable was the 
old 40-wire cable from the last century :-( .

So start here and check this out first.

BC

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