Hi, I know this may be a silly question since it probably a hardware limitation, but I'm running F7 and would like to know what I can do to increase the hard drive seek time, if anything. I have a pretty new SATA drive at 3GB/sec and it seems to have to seek longer than I'd expect. It's running with DMA4, AHCI, etc. The rest is an ASUS MB with a Core 2 Duo 6400 @ 2.4 Mhz & 2GB Ram @ 800Mhz. Are there any setting from the standard that by help? here's the hdparm output [root@localhost ~]# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 8608 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4313.28 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 202 MB in 3.02 seconds = 66.79 MB/sec [root@localhost ~]# hdparm -tTacdiIMpQ /dev/sda /dev/sda: IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) readahead = 256 (on) Model=ST3250620NS , FwRev=3.AEG , SerialNo= 9QE2230L Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7 * signifies the current active mode ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST3250620NS Serial Number: 9QE2230L Firmware Revision: 3.AEG Standards: Supported: 7 6 5 4 Likely used: 7 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 488397168 device size with M = 1024*1024: 238475 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 250059 MBytes (250 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0xfefe) Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * General Purpose Logging feature set 64-bit World wide name unknown 84[11] unknown 84[12] * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Phy event counters Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2) * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct HDIO_GET_ACOUSTIC failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Timing cached reads: 4502 MB in 2.00 seconds = 2252.78 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 38 MB in 3.08 seconds = 12.35 MB/sec Thanks Todd
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