[Discuss] Why are all my hard drives slow on Ubuntu? (new computer)

[dbarrett at blazemonger.com (Daniel Barrett)]

On August 29, 2013, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
>you're having some sort of hardware vs software compatibility problem.
>Try removing all but the necessary hardware in the system, and then adding
>it back, piece by piece, to see if the problem begins when you add *this*
>piece of hardware.

Thanks. I pulled out the RAID card, booted on Ubuntu 13.04 Live CD, and
nothing changed. There is nothing else in the box except the motherboard,
display card, and a WD Red hard drive, so I'm not sure what else I can
remove.

>Make sure you've done the ubuntu hardware driver installation thing.  You
>might need a proprietary driver.

The vendor (endpcnoise.com) did all the setup. I'll ask what they did.

>I assume you're running 64bit ubuntu.  The problem might not exist on
>32bit.

It's 32-bit Ubuntu.

>Try going into BIOS and tweaking some of the values there.  Disable
>unnecessary hardware, etc.
>Apply firmware update for your motherboard, etc.

Will try (though I am no BIOS expert). Any suggested settings to tweak?
Thanks.

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