ATA 33 - WTF is going on??

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"Remo-Shiva" <info@areyoufedup.com> wrote in message
news:xMwnc.18669$Pv.17541@pathologist.blueyonder.net...
> I have a new Abit IS7-E motherboard and on it I have a Western Digital
200GB
> Hard disk as primary on the first channel & new MSI DVD RW as primary on
the
> second channel and a DVD ROM as slave on the secondary channel. Installed
on
> the pc is the chipset cd that came with my m/b, the problem is when
booting
> the pc says all these devices are ATA 33 and not ATA 133 which is what
they
> are supposed to be. The cables attaching these devices are the ones
supplied
> with the m/b, could someone please shed some light on this and let me know
> what I need to do to get them working on ATA 133? I assumed it should be
> automatically recognised, like it was when I used the same hard drive on
> another machine using the same cables.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help I receive, this is not a major problem but
I
> do want it sorted.
>
> Shiva
>

Just to confirm: the cables you are using are 80-conductor and you have
connected the odd-colored ends to the MB?
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John McGaw
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