> > One other thing you could try: can you downgrade the BIOS on one of the > bad Tyan boards (the -LE ones, right?) and retry the test again? Already did this - I've tried the 1.02 BIOS version (can try earlier as the earlier versions do not have my CPU id needed for starting) . The results are the same - poor HDD perfomance. > > Any results on the test with the other drive? On the way - will post results in several hours. -- Rus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html