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slow external usb device... maybe no udma?


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hey guys, i've been searching the forum for an hour now and can't find a possible solution to my problem. maybe someone can help me out...

 

i have an nforce 56o motherboard and i have osx installed on an external usb device (pata)

now my xbench scores for sequential disk reading is very slow (1 mb/sec)

is there a way to fix that? for my internal sataII drives i use medevil nforce driver without problem.

do i need a fix for my usb driver or do i have to mess around with the iovia kext or the genericata kext or which one?

 

help is much appreciated

 

thx chris

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USB devices do not have UDMA, UDMA is "Ultra Direct Memory Access", in reference to how a IDE hardrive "talks to" an IDE controller over a 80 conductor ribbon cable.

 

The "thing" that is controlling your external hardrive speed is how it "talks" to your USB controller: how the two devices get along, the quality and length of the connecting cable, and the USB driver, all play a part.

 

I do not have a clue about Nvidia chipset implimentation of USB, the drivers, and if it works well using Mac OS.

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