https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/x25-m-winxp-pro-with-high-disk-queue-length-32-creates-pauses/m-p/426#M288 <P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I have a Dell D620 with 4GB RAM running WinXP Pro (SP3) 32-bit which has an Intel(R) 82801GBM I/O controller hub (ICH7M). I have one 80GB X25-M and it has the current firmware from Intel (045C8820).</P><P></P><P>I am experiencing pausing (isn't everyone with an SSD?!) where the drive activity light stays on continuously for several seconds.</P><P></P><P>The performance monitor shows the Current Disk Queue Length counter for both the Physical Disk and the Logical Disk on the X25-M exceeding 32 during these pauses, and then abruptly goes back to 1 (ending the pause).</P><P></P><P>I am seeking input from those more experienced than myself about where to start with this. I tried to find updated drivers for the I/O controller, both on the web and on <A href="http://support.intel.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">support.intel.com</A>, without much luck.</P><P></P><P>I do not use a swapfile and do not generally have a lot of applications open when this occurs. We have a corporate copy of Symantec Anti-Virus which I cannot disable, however, the CPU remains at zero during these pauses, so my suspicion is that it is not caused by an application.</P><P> Any insight will be greatly appreciated,</P><P> -- /v\atthew</P> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:24:58 GMT idata 2009-07-24T03:24:58Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/x25-m-winxp-pro-with-high-disk-queue-length-32-creates-pauses/m-p/426#M288 <P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I have a Dell D620 with 4GB RAM running WinXP Pro (SP3) 32-bit which has an Intel(R) 82801GBM I/O controller hub (ICH7M). I have one 80GB X25-M and it has the current firmware from Intel (045C8820).</P><P></P><P>I am experiencing pausing (isn't everyone with an SSD?!) where the drive activity light stays on continuously for several seconds.</P><P></P><P>The performance monitor shows the Current Disk Queue Length counter for both the Physical Disk and the Logical Disk on the X25-M exceeding 32 during these pauses, and then abruptly goes back to 1 (ending the pause).</P><P></P><P>I am seeking input from those more experienced than myself about where to start with this. I tried to find updated drivers for the I/O controller, both on the web and on <A href="http://support.intel.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">support.intel.com</A>, without much luck.</P><P></P><P>I do not use a swapfile and do not generally have a lot of applications open when this occurs. We have a corporate copy of Symantec Anti-Virus which I cannot disable, however, the CPU remains at zero during these pauses, so my suspicion is that it is not caused by an application.</P><P> Any insight will be greatly appreciated,</P><P> -- /v\atthew</P> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:24:58 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/x25-m-winxp-pro-with-high-disk-queue-length-32-creates-pauses/m-p/426#M288 idata 2009-07-24T03:24:58Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/x25-m-winxp-pro-with-high-disk-queue-length-32-creates-pauses/m-p/427#M289 <P>Desperation drove me to follow the advice of <A href="http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=669&amp;type=expert&amp;pid=6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=669&amp;type=expert&amp;pid=6</A> PC Perspective and HDDErase the drive.</P><P>I came here to report that (at least for right now) it is behaving better. I re-ran the exact same invocation from Friday and it did not stutter, and the maximum disk queue length was 2 (and it never paused).</P><P>It is exceedingly disappointing to have to wipe and restore a drive, but it may prove beneficial for those who are experiencing similar pains.</P><P>--/v\atthew</P> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:50:26 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/x25-m-winxp-pro-with-high-disk-queue-length-32-creates-pauses/m-p/427#M289 idata 2009-07-27T18:50:26Z