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More info?)
Yves Leclerc wrote:
> To have ATA133 speeds:
>
> 1) Need to have an ATA133 IDE crotroller -- IDE 0 or IDE 1 or Pirmary IDE
> port on the motherboard. See manual
>
> 2) ATA 133 compatible hard drive -- Only drives that have ATA 133 support
> built into them will support it. Older drives will still run on an ATA 133
> controller, but not use the ATA 133 speeds. Check with hard drive
> manufacturer to see what your current drive supports.
>
> 3) An 80 wire ATA 100/133 IDE cable. Connect is 40 pin IDE and the other 40
> wires are "paired" to the main 40 wires. Provides signal shielding.
>
> 4) IDE UltraDMA drivers. Based on chipset. You said yours was a VIA
> chipset.
>
> 5) Do not add a "slave" drive to the ATA 133 controller channel that IS NOT
> ATA 133 ready. If the primary master drive is ATA133 and the slave drive is
> not, all drives will run at the slower, slave drive speeds.
>
>
>
> If any of the above options is not available (you do not have or need to use
> a non ATA 133 compatible HDD), then you may not get the ATA 133 speeds.
> However, your hard drvies will still work.
>
>
> "aldi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B5F3FABD-E904-4DEC-BF1E-87E4BFD33115@microsoft.com...
>
>>I installed via ide drivers because my mb chipset is via but hdd still
>
> doesn't work at 133/95mbs+.I think i haven't an ata133 controller but in my
> mb user guide is pointed that it supports ata 133.
>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
Uh, there are only two flavors of IDE cable: the 40-wire version
which is good for U/33 and slower, and the 80-wire version which
supports all speeds up to and including U/133.
If you have a 80-wire cable, make sure it is installed correctly,
with the connector at the end of the long cable segment plugged into
the MB, the master HD at the end of the short cable segment, and the
slave device (if any) plugged into the connecter in the middle. Also,
check the jumpers on the devices for a correct choice of master and
slave (or cable select).
It used to be true that mixing HD speeds caused all HDs on that IDE
cable to run at the slowest speed, but that was fixed *years* ago.
I'm sure that any MB that is new enough to support U/133 maintains
independent speed params for each HD on each IDE cable.
--
Cheers, Bob