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<blockquote data-quote="pshdo" data-source="post: 52321" data-attributes="member: 11391">Hi there.....--EDIT--motherboard: MSI KT880 Delta-FSR (VIA KT880 chipsset) drivers: MSI VIA4in1_v5.00--EDIT END--I have had this Seagate for a long time without any problems.I could record at high quality, and watch a recording at the same time, and no problems at all.Model Number: Baracuda ST380021ACapacity: 80 GBSpeed: 7200 rpmSeek time: 9.5 ms avgInterface: Ultra ATA/100Cache: 2MbNow i have a new SATA drive on the same HTPC, but it is a Maxtor:Model Number: MaXLine Plus III 7V250F0Capacity: 250 GBSpeed: 7200 rpmSeek time:9 msInterface: SATA 300 Mbps&nbsp; (@ 150Mbps) Cache: 16MbAnd now i got problems when recording (not even watching anything at the same time), the recording is somehow in &quot;stopmotion&quot; or something like that, (i canÂ´t explain it well in english), but it looks like some frames is missing somehow, so the picture jumps a little forward..... (I hope you understand what i am talking about)I think that the cause for this is that the harddrive is too slow, but how can it be too slow when it is faster and with more cache ??Is there something i can do about this ??IÂ´m new to SATA, so iÂ´m a little lost here.....Can it somehow be a driver issue, or is SATA drives just not fast enough for HTPC even thoug they have a faster bus (by 50% in this case) ??I can say that i have installed the newest drivers for my mainboard, and i have also updated the bios to the newest, but without any improvement....Pleace help me.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pshdo, post: 52321, member: 11391"] Hi there..... [color=red]--EDIT--[/color] [color=blue]motherboard: MSI KT880 Delta-FSR (VIA KT880 chipsset) drivers: MSI VIA4in1_v5.00[/color] [color=red]--EDIT END--[/color] I have had this Seagate for a long time without any problems. I could record at high quality, and watch a recording at the same time, and no problems at all. Model Number: Baracuda ST380021A Capacity: 80 GB Speed: 7200 rpm Seek time: 9.5 ms avg Interface: Ultra ATA/100 Cache: 2Mb Now i have a new SATA drive on the same HTPC, but it is a Maxtor: Model Number: MaXLine Plus III 7V250F0 Capacity: 250 GB Speed: 7200 rpm Seek time:9 ms Interface: SATA 300 Mbps (@ 150Mbps) Cache: 16Mb And now i got problems when recording (not even watching anything at the same time), the recording is somehow in "stopmotion" or something like that, (i canÂ´t explain it well in english), but it looks like some frames is missing somehow, so the picture jumps a little forward..... (I hope you understand what i am talking about) I think that the cause for this is that the harddrive is too slow, but how can it be too slow when it is faster and with more cache ?? Is there something i can do about this ?? IÂ´m new to SATA, so iÂ´m a little lost here..... Can it somehow be a driver issue, or is SATA drives just not fast enough for HTPC even thoug they have a faster bus (by 50% in this case) ?? I can say that i have installed the newest drivers for my mainboard, and i have also updated the bios to the newest, but without any improvement.... Pleace help me..... [/QUOTE]

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