Maxtor 6L250R0 problems playing video files

The_Vindicator · 29 Oct 2006 at 09:17

I have a strange problem with my Maxtor 6L250R0 250GB ATA drive, if I try to play any video files from the hard disk during playback the video will freeze for a second or two this happens at regularly throughout the playback. If i copy the video file to another drive the playback is perfect.

Setup:
AMD 3500+
2GB Crucial Balistix
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe
Sound Blaster Audigy 4
ATI X1900XTX
Windows XP SP2

Disk 0: Maxtor 6L250RO, Partitioned C: 100GB System , D: 133 GB Storage, Z: 2GB Page Drive

Disk 1: Maxtor 4K040H2 H: 40GB Partition

Disk 2: E: 2x 80GB Maxtor SATA Drives on RAID 0

Plus 2x Optical drives

Playing video files from either the 40GB or RAID Array results in no problems, I don’t know if this is related but playing some games from the C drive I also experience intermittent pauses like the game is struggling to load, can anyone shed any light on this?

Vindi

The_Vindicator · 29 Oct 2006 at 11:42

right i'll give that a go.

Set up a 4GB page file on the RAID Array, will do some tests

The_Vindicator · 29 Oct 2006 at 12:17

Thanks sqiffy.... i think, you were right tho it didnt affect anything still the same stutering.

The_Vindicator · 29 Oct 2006 at 12:19

SkeeterPSA said:
Do you get the same as me, i have a maxtor 200gb diamond max 10 8mb catch drive. [6L200P0]

When i watch somit like a tv episode i got or film during the film i sometimes get pauses for few seconds and hdd makes a strange noise like its seeking for the next bit of the video or somit.

It didnt happen when i was just on the older maxtor 30gb drive when thats all i had.

seems like the same problem i'm having but i cant hear any audible change in the drive head noise