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More info?)
Nathan,
I ll take your advice and leave it as it is.
I dont think the disk is a problem because Everest does report the hard
drive as ATA133.
Thanks again for your committed support.
Ramesh
"Nathan McNulty" <525676@betaweb.com> wrote in message
news:O5UrDiYZEHA.2260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> As for that Hutil, I would be weary of running anything you don't know
> what it does. It isn't worth risking your data over. Anyways, you don't
> really need to worry about it not saying ATA133 or even being able to
> hit that unless you plan on setting up RAID. The internal bandwidth of
> most harddrives are around 80 MB/s which gives it 20 MB/s of overhead
> anyways. As long as it works ok, I would just leave it alone
>
> I would check the serial number on it and make sure it really is an
> ATA133 drive and you didn't get an ATA100 drive on accident. Sometimes
> what the box says and what comes in it can be different.
>
> Nathan McNulty
>
> Ramesh wrote:
>
> > HI Nathan,
> >
> > The drivers file has the same problem... setup terminates just after
install
> > shield starts.
> >
> > Sysutility works fine but nothing about IDE shows up in that.
> >
> > Tried driver update. Windows had no further updates to offer. In any
case,
> > my system is kept updated with windowsupdate regularly.
> >
> > Bit wary to use the Hutil cos it says my data may be erased. Wonder if
that
> > means I will need to install the whole system again.
> >
> > Right now I need to find a way to install the drivers downloaded from
> > nvidia.
> >
> > Thanks so much for your support.
> >
> > Ramesh
> >
> > "Nathan McNulty" <525676@betaweb.com> wrote in message
> > news:OLGCZ8FZEHA.3228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>You may want to try these two things:
> >>
> >>http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_4.24
> >>
> >>http://www.nvidia.com/object/sysutility_1.08.5.html
> >>
> >>Also, you can try this:
> >>
> >>1. Right-click My Computer press Properties.
> >>
> >>2. Select the Hardware tab.
> >>
> >>3. Press Device Manager.
> >>
> >>4. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.
> >>
> >>5. Double-click the primary IDE channel and then select the Driver tab.
> >>
> >>6. Press the Update Driver button.
> >>
> >>7. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and press
Next.
> >>
> >>8. Follow the on-screen instructions.
> >>
> >>And finally, depending on your drive maker, you may download a utility
> >>that enables ATA133 if it isn't already. Samsung makes a utility for
> >>this:
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm
> >>
> >>Hope some of that helps
> >>
> >>Nathan McNulty
> >>
> >>Ramesh wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have tested with Everest and AIDA32, both give the same result as Max
> >
> > mode
> >
> >>>UDMA5. BIOS has been updated. But I have problems installing the
> >
> > latest
> >
> >>>drivers. The install program starts and closes in a few seconds.
> >
> > Nothing
> >
> >>>after that. Same thing happens with the drivers from the MBD
> >
> > manufacturer
> >
> >>>site and NVIDIA site.
> >>>
> >>>Any clues on what could be the problem?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks very much for your support.
> >>>
> >>>Ramesh
> >>>
> >>>"Nathan McNulty" <525676@betaweb.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:%23F588XyYEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Now MAX UDMA Mode should read UDMA6. Try installing the latest nForce
> >>>>chipset drivers, update your BIOS to the most current version, check
> >>>>your BIOS settings, and finally try Everest Home Edition from
> >>>>www.lavalys.com (Used to be AIDA32, but this is the new, improved
> >
> > version
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Nathan McNulty
> >>>>
> >>>>Ramesh wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Thanks Courtney. Got the program from this site.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>But aida32 gives the same result (max UDMA mode is UDMA5). Any
> >>>
> >>>suggestions
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>on what needs to be tweaked?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>Ramesh
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"Courtney" <a@b.c> wrote in message
> >>>
> >>>news:LwXFc.43966$rh.1125@okepread02...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>Ramesh wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Thanks Courtney for the suggestion. Could you guide me to AIDA32
> >>>>>
> >>>>>please?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>Thanks again.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Ramesh
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>"Courtney" <a@b.c> wrote in message
> >>>>>
> >>>>>news:t5JFc.43853$rh.23827@okepread02...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Ramesh wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>HI,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>My motherboard uses NVIDIA chipset which supports ATA133 and so
> >
> > does
> >
> >>>my
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>Samsung 80GB hard disk. But the Everest system information
> >
> > software
> >
> >>>>>>>reports
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>that the Active DMA mode is ATA100.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Where do I configure to make it ATA133?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>>>>>Ramesh
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>You problem may be the Everest System Information program. Get
> >
> > AIDA32.
> >
> >>>>>>>>It will give you the correct info.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>courtney sends....
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>Better yet:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1033800563/1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>courtney sends...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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