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HDD running slow in HDD Bay Adapter III (Thinkpad W520)

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:22 am
by Arf the Lab
Hello.

I recently added a second HDD to my W520 by means of the ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III (authentic Lenovo product). It's 1TB, split into two 500GB volumes. Although it works fine, I noticed there's often lag times when accessing/loading data. I've used similar IBM/Lenovo Ultrabay caddies in other, older ThinkPads and never had this problem. Any ideas as to the cause of the problem, and how to remedy it?

Thanks.

Re: HDD running slow in HDD Bay Adapter III (Thinkpad W520)

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:57 am
by RealBlackStuff
Check that HDs properties in Device Manager.
Maybe it switches off (saving energy) when it's not being used for a certain amount of time?

Re: HDD running slow in HDD Bay Adapter III (Thinkpad W520)

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:55 pm
by Arf the Lab
It is not set to switch off.

Re: HDD running slow in HDD Bay Adapter III (Thinkpad W520)

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:50 pm
by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Did you get used to SSD's in the meantime?