On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:29:25 -0400, "Robert Sudbury"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was able to borrow a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200rpm
>2MB HDD and it is similary affected as the Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB... Actually
>it was worse in Cable Select by about 15%. The same 200MB/min when jumpered
>M/S.
>
>I have now begun tinkering in the BIOS. Disabling L2, slowing the
>Barton2500 to 1100, disabling the other IDE controller (SATA has always been
>disabled). Nothing seems to change anything positively.
>
>Is there a hacked BIOS for the A7N8X-DX2.0 available anywhere? There MUST
>be a PCI IDE Busmaster setting hiding in there.

I've been having the same problems with a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB
DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200rpm 2MB HDD
and a Maxtor 6L080J4 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200rpm 2MB HDD

you might feel like trying the uber BIOS:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/view...ded22404618b0b

(make sure you grab the right one)

no joy to be found anywhere...I'm getting a Maxtor 120 Gb ATA133
7200rpm 8MB tomorrow. I'm going to rig it up all by itself and see
what I get.

Apathy[AGQx]
Scientia Est Potentia >>======>
Illiterate? Write here for help:
http://users.nac.net/hoof/crackshot/

Thanks, I'm going there now. ... just downloaded everything under the sun
and will try them next.

The more data I collect the more stubborn the questions become:

Is it an nForce2 problem?
Is it a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 problem?
Is it an an Asus BIOS problem?

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]Robert[
"Apathy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:29:25 -0400, "Robert Sudbury"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I was able to borrow a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133
7200rpm
> >2MB HDD and it is similary affected as the Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB...
Actually
> >it was worse in Cable Select by about 15%. The same 200MB/min when
jumpered
> >M/S.
> >
> >I have now begun tinkering in the BIOS. Disabling L2, slowing the
> >Barton2500 to 1100, disabling the other IDE controller (SATA has always
been
> >disabled). Nothing seems to change anything positively.
> >
> >Is there a hacked BIOS for the A7N8X-DX2.0 available anywhere? There
MUST
> >be a PCI IDE Busmaster setting hiding in there.
>
> I've been having the same problems with a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB
> DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200rpm 2MB HDD
> and a Maxtor 6L080J4 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133 7200rpm 2MB HDD
>
> you might feel like trying the uber BIOS:
>
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/view...ded22404618b0b
>
> (make sure you grab the right one)
>
> no joy to be found anywhere...I'm getting a Maxtor 120 Gb ATA133
> 7200rpm 8MB tomorrow. I'm going to rig it up all by itself and see
> what I get.
>
> Apathy[AGQx]
> Scientia Est Potentia >>======>
> Illiterate? Write here for help:
> http://users.nac.net/hoof/crackshot/

"Robert Sudbury" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WslJa.550$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, I'm going there now. ... just downloaded everything under the sun
> and will try them next.
>
> The more data I collect the more stubborn the questions become:
>
> Is it an nForce2 problem?
> Is it a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 problem?
> Is it an an Asus BIOS problem?

No, No, and No.