Comments on: Newer drivers ARE better. Go figure. http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/ Not your usual Microsoft enthusiast blog. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:40:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dav http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/comment-page-1/#comment-3206 Dav Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/#comment-3206 Hi, I have exactly the same LAN chip. I cannot choose 1000 full/half either. According the SiS's site it should support 1000mbps. The manufacturers of motherboards with SiS191 gigalan also state the same. Maybe we are cheated by them? It's actually a 10/100 fast ethernet chip but not a gigabit controller? I search in google for a while and seems no one with this SiS191 is able to get 1000mb/s. Hi, I have exactly the same LAN chip. I cannot choose 1000 full/half either. According the SiS’s site it should support 1000mbps. The manufacturers of motherboards with SiS191 gigalan also state the same. Maybe we are cheated by them? It’s actually a 10/100 fast ethernet chip but not a gigabit controller? I search in google for a while and seems no one with this SiS191 is able to get 1000mb/s.

]]> By: Thaiger http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Thaiger Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/#comment-1747 Hi Ian, I do have the same problem, i also cannot se where to chose 1000/full, as you write ! Please tell me when you find a solution, thanks in advance :-) Kind regards Thaiger Hi Ian,
I do have the same problem, i also cannot se where to chose 1000/full, as you write !
Please tell me when you find a solution, thanks in advance :-)
Kind regards Thaiger

]]> By: Ian http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Ian Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/#comment-331 Can anybody get the port to go into Gig status (1000/full)? It will not let me hard code it and auto neg to a gig port only comes up as 100/full. I'm guessing because I cannot hard code it, it is not supported? Do others see the same thing when they go to the adapter's "Advanced" tab then the "Speed & Duplex" settings (no 1000/full)? Thanks! Can anybody get the port to go into Gig status (1000/full)? It will not let me hard code it and auto neg to a gig port only comes up as 100/full. I’m guessing because I cannot hard code it, it is not supported? Do others see the same thing when they go to the adapter’s “Advanced” tab then the “Speed & Duplex” settings (no 1000/full)? Thanks!

]]> By: asd http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/comment-page-1/#comment-190 asd Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/#comment-190 Vista SP1 has some improvements for large file copies to older OS's (WHS is based on W2003, so it qualifies). If you're suffering from slow file copy from a Vista client to WHS, you might want to consider updating to Vista SP1 instead of or in addition to rev'ing the drivers. Vista SP1 has some improvements for large file copies to older OS’s (WHS is based on W2003, so it qualifies). If you’re suffering from slow file copy from a Vista client to WHS, you might want to consider updating to Vista SP1 instead of or in addition to rev’ing the drivers.

]]> By: Scott http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Scott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/03/30/newer-drivers-are-better-go-figure/#comment-189 I installed the newer SiS 191 drivers on my mediasmart server last night. I have to say I'm very impressed. With the original in-box drivers, file transfers seem to start out ok (20-25MB/s), but over the course of a large transfer (multi-GB video files), it would slow down dramatically (to perhaps 8MB/s). With the new drivers, the file transfer maintained a consistent 30MB/s speed over my Gigabit network, which I would bet is probably maxing the sustained write speed of the drives in the server. This was just a single file copy, and I'll do some more testing tonight, but this looks like a very promising improvement for an annoying problem. I installed the newer SiS 191 drivers on my mediasmart server last night. I have to say I’m very impressed. With the original in-box drivers, file transfers seem to start out ok (20-25MB/s), but over the course of a large transfer (multi-GB video files), it would slow down dramatically (to perhaps 8MB/s). With the new drivers, the file transfer maintained a consistent 30MB/s speed over my Gigabit network, which I would bet is probably maxing the sustained write speed of the drives in the server.

This was just a single file copy, and I’ll do some more testing tonight, but this looks like a very promising improvement for an annoying problem.

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