wd raptor & oc

mike2h · Oct 9, 2004, 06:56 AM

just a heads up.
i went through 2 rma's with raptor 36-sys not seeing them but seeing new sat 'cuda. upgraded to 74 raptor & comp did not 'see' it either. was getting to forget the whole raptor thing when i had an epiphany!

i have an asus p4p800 board & had the agp/ide divider maxed out. turned it down to middle setting & a miracle! my raptor suddenly appeared!.

this of course is after i paid expedited shipping on the 1st one & went through the hassle of 2 rma's & paying the extra $$ for the upgrade to the 74gig vers. & the time & hassle involved.

so if you are oc'ng & have a hd prob. check that divider out 1ST!

bty the raptor is awsome!! did not think i would really notice any real improvement. surprise!! boot up is faster & everything seems just a little smoother. & as far as handling big files/ defrag no comparison.
the jump i got going from 5400 hd to 2nd gen 7200 was minor at best. these drives rock!!(as long as you do not oc them too much

)!

Zardon · Oct 9, 2004, 09:36 AM

you always need to lock dividers. glad you like the raptors, good drives.

mike2h · Oct 9, 2004, 09:47 AM

they are actually in their own setting. that is why i forgot about them. not tied into oc'ing the mem/cpu.
cool setup, but it was like one of those out of sight out of mind things.
course being ' out of mind' through all that is, well...
just to add a little more humor, it did not pop into my head until i had wd level2 support on the phone discussing the whole thing with other techs.
once he got back on the phone & i told him what had happened he actually thanked me for giving something to add to their database.
think it was a pity thing

Oct 9, 2004, 06:56 AM	#1
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	wd raptor & oc just a heads up. i went through 2 rma's with raptor 36-sys not seeing them but seeing new sat 'cuda. upgraded to 74 raptor & comp did not 'see' it either. was getting to forget the whole raptor thing when i had an epiphany! i have an asus p4p800 board & had the agp/ide divider maxed out. turned it down to middle setting & a miracle! my raptor suddenly appeared!. this of course is after i paid expedited shipping on the 1st one & went through the hassle of 2 rma's & paying the extra $$ for the upgrade to the 74gig vers. & the time & hassle involved. so if you are oc'ng & have a hd prob. check that divider out 1ST! bty the raptor is awsome!! did not think i would really notice any real improvement. surprise!! boot up is faster & everything seems just a little smoother. & as far as handling big files/ defrag no comparison. the jump i got going from 5400 hd to 2nd gen 7200 was minor at best. these drives rock!!(as long as you do not oc them too much )! __________________

Oct 9, 2004, 09:47 AM	Thread Starter #3
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	they are actually in their own setting. that is why i forgot about them. not tied into oc'ing the mem/cpu. cool setup, but it was like one of those out of sight out of mind things. course being ' out of mind' through all that is, well... just to add a little more humor, it did not pop into my head until i had wd level2 support on the phone discussing the whole thing with other techs. once he got back on the phone & i told him what had happened he actually thanked me for giving something to add to their database. think it was a pity thing __________________

Oct 9, 2004, 09:36 AM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	you always need to lock dividers. glad you like the raptors, good drives.