Hello Harry, I noticed that on the higher IDE controller(s) are
alternating 'PIO' drives . A suggestion , try placing these
drives on just one controller OR not using them entirely .
then try rebuilding using just the DMA capable ones .
Just a possibility , Actually a long shot . Hth, JimL
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