I have been trying to get to the bottom of why the transfer mode status for this external drive (marked in bold type below) appear mismatched and, so far unresolvable in my Windows 7 x64 system. This is obviously causing a significant slow-down in data transfer and I don’t seem to be able to locate a firmware update for it. I didn’t think it was so old but nevertheless is described as “legacy” on WD support pages.
If anyone can shed any light I’d appreciate it.
Manufacturer Western Digital
Business Unit/Brand Enthusiast/WD Raptor X
RPM/Buffer Size or Attribute 5400 RPM with 32 MB cache
Heads 16 Cylinders 243,201
Tracks 62,016,255 Sectors 3,907,024,065
SATA type SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number WD-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Firmware Version Number 51.0AB51 LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 1469 times
Power On Time 363.2 days
Speed 5400 RPM
Features S.M.A.R.T., NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA I 1.5Gb/s
Interface USB (SATA)
Capacity 1863 GB
Real size 2,000,396,746,752 bytes
RAID Type None