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Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.05 21:29:00 -
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Disable disk caching on the Windows and see if that makes a difference. |
Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.05 22:31:00 -
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There's really no reason why Windows should freeze up when you disable disk caching. Does it freeze the moment you disable disk caching or does it freeze during file transfer?
In any case, you should narrow down whats causing the freeze.
For windows corrupt data usual suspect would be the disk caching - hence why I disable caching on my XP system. It's a noticeably slower during file transfer/write, but at least I'm sure the chances of data corruption is almost zero in any event whatsoever. Makes for a rock solid platform (zero issues), better reliability, if you don't mind the sacrifice. |
Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.05 22:57:00 -
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Originally by: Brennivargur I did switch the disk mode to IDE from AHCI after installing windows...
Errgg .. I know XP will barf if I do that, the HAL will just BSOD it at boot. I've had limited experience with Win 7 (and cba to replace my XP just yet), but that may look a the cause from where I'm sitting atm. You could try reverting it back to what it was .... or failing that, repair/re-install your Win 7 |
Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.06 19:25:00 -
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Originally by: Brennivargur Updated/replaced windows driver with the official realtek network driver, updated SSD firmware, problem still persists. booted up a linux live cd and tried transferring the file, success on first try, md5's matched.
Interesting, that more or less rules out the hardware & router/hub and we also know that Win 7 writes are reliable (after disabling disk caching). It's pointing to something to do with how networking is handled by Win 7 or associated driver compatibility issues with the NIC. I'd usually want to rule out the NIC if you have a discrete PCI NIC or wired/wireless USB external as spare to test with.
Othe than the above, don't really have anything much to suggest except that you might want to consider this article on W7 network issues.
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Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.06 21:55:00 -
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Lol ok, then try to solve that problem first |
Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.08 15:42:00 -
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Provide some basic details on the hardwares involved, how you hook them up (partition? RAID? which is HDD0/HDD1?) and maybe someone might be able to offer some suggestions.
If disabling the disk cache somewhat alleaviated the issue from your previous tests, then I'm thinking of possible IO stress/freezes intermittently timing-out the disk/network buffering process ... even though typically, you'd expect IO stress/freeze to affect a cached disk much less than it does for an un-cached disk. You could try monitoring the disk/network IO to see if there's anything abnormal during transfer. Also look out for possible system warning/errors in the Event Viewer that may shed more light on what's happening.
A longshot suggestion is to run an XP/Linux VM and test the transfer to it. If it works, you've got an easy workaround If it doesn't, well, back to square one.
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Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.11.08 21:03:00 -
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Lol, you like to complicate things by running the SSD as primary
Well, Win 7 should have automatically aligned the disk if you've set it up with the Win 7 setup - thus optimizing the IO perfomance. There's some talk about power saving features killing SSD performance, but I cba to look up if it even applies to AMD and SSD nowadays.
One other simple suggestion, you could try moving that pagefile on C: to your standard HDD D: and check again. |
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