Making Gigabytes mobile: Firewire Harddrive from Western Digital

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Test Configuration

Again I made use of our standard setup for storage tests. Plus the WD PCI adapter, of course.

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Test system
Processor Intel Celeron, 500 MHz
Motherboard IWill W100, I810 Chipsatz
RAM 128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron or Wichmann Workx ) CL2
IDE Controller i810 UltraDMA/66-Controller (ICH)
Graphics card i810 On-Board
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks and Measurements
Content Creation Benchmark ZD Content Creation Winstone 2000
Performance ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection Test
Temperature Using the motherboard's monitoring port and a thermistor, we give you the highest temperature value measured on the drive's surface. All drives ran two hours to ensure they were at working temperature.
Drivers and Settings
Graphics drivers Intel I810 Reference drivers 4.11.01.2555 for Windows 98
IDE drivers Intel Busmaster DMA drivers 6.0
DirectX Version 7.0a
Screen resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.