Samung 80GB Ata133 and A7N8X-E shows it as ata-100

[aap21]

I am using A7n8x-e. I have one 80GB Samsung drive which is listed as ata-133 by samsung. The motherboard only lists it as ata-100.. Any one have any ideas.. I am using an ata-133 cable.. Bios is up to date

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by aap21 on 02/04/04 12:33 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[HammerBot]

It doesn't really matter how your drive shows up. As long as the capacity is recognised correctly. There's is no speed difference between ATA100 and ATA133. The bottelneck is the drive which only transfers about half of what the interface is capable of.
Are you even sure that the mobo supports ATA133? I bet it doesn't since ATA133 isn't an official standard. It was 'invented' by maxtor as a marketing gimmick.

BTW: There are two types of IDE cables: 40 pin and 80 pin. 80 pin cables are used for ATA66 and above. So the cable is not responsible for your problem.

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[aap21]

Yes the board supports ATA-133 Its the Asus A7n8x... The drive is also Ata-133 as listed by Samsung but would the bios only show ata100? I am using an 80 ping cable as well

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by aap21 on 02/05/04 12:00 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[JP5]

Is there a BIOS option to enable ATA133?

 

[aap21]

There is no bios options to enable ATA-133... I have looked and looked.. and fond nothing

 

[grafixmonkey]

Don't worry about it. You won't increase your speed using ATA133. The only situation I can think where you might increase the speed is if you had two Raptor drives on the same IDE channel, and you were transferring files from one to the other. Then you might get more speed out of ATA133.

Actually, I'd recommend you leave it at ATA100. My theory is that slightly slower cable frequencies mean much more reliable data transfers, where EM interference plays less of a role in how the cable transfers data. Granted EM interference shouldn't be anything you'd have to think about, but hey ATA100 will be inherently easier for your hardware to transfer over a cable without errors, and ATA133 won't increase your speed, so I say stay with 100.