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Bob Rafuse wrote:
>>The BIOS detects UDMA2 for the Maxtor and i cannot set anything
>
> above it.
>
> If the BIOS is detecting mode 2 and mode 5 isn't an available BIOS
> option, I doubt that XP was ever truly using mode 5 pre-SP2. SP2 does
> not change BIOS settings nor can XP force a data transfer mode the
> device does not support. Around the same time you installed SP2, did
> you happen to:
> * Perform any BIOS tweaking or upgrading?
> * Changed any mobo jumpers?
> * Changed the drive firmware?
> * Move around the drive(s) i.e. changing what IDE channel or
> controller it was installed on, moved it from Master to Slave or vice
> versa, etc? ]
> * Made any other hardware configuration changes to your box?
> Those are the only things I can think of that could possibly - and
> even then its a stretch - cause the BIOS to now detect an IDE device
> now as mode 2 where previously it allowed mode 5.
>
> ---
> Bob
>
>
I turned on 32bit access for my HDD in the BIOS. I have not changed
channels or moved it to Slave. I know XP SP2 had nothing to do with
this mess. I agree Bob that the IDE port has been allowing only UDMA2
all along and i just noticed it. I suspect that the P4P800 Deluxe is
causing this.
NBK