Incapable of ATA-133!

[Kenny]

My hard drive supports it, my motherboard supports it, and I have a 80wire
cable that connects the motherboard and hard drive on the first IDE channel.
Nothing else is connected to that IDE.

Why cant I get ATA-133???

Are there cables that support only ata-100 and others that support ata-133?


Thanks kenny

 

[MGGP]

What brand of hard drive ?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You will need to install the UltraDMA drivers for that.

I know that VIA and Intel both have such chipset:

VIA: 4 in 1 Hyperion

Intel: Intel Application Accelerator.

 

[*Vanguard*]

Kenny said in news:[email protected]:

My hard drive supports it, my motherboard supports it, and I have a
80wire cable that connects the motherboard and hard drive on the
first IDE channel. Nothing else is connected to that IDE.

Why cant I get ATA-133???

Are there cables that support only ata-100 and others that support
ata-133?


Thanks kenny

And how do YOU know that UltraDMA mode 5 (ATA-100/133) is *not* being
supported? Don't expect benchmarks to show you get ATA-133 since your
PCI bus is shared with other devices. There is very little change from
ATA-66 speeds for ATA-100/133.

Have you checked in Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) to see if the IDE
controllers are actually configured to use UDMA mode 5? Set them to use
"DMA if available", reboot, and check again.

Of course, I'm presuming that you were already smart enough to install
the drivers for your motherboard's chipset. If Intel, the ones in
Windows are probably sufficient. If using a VIA, SIS, or nVidia chipset
then obviously you need to download the latest version chipset/platform
drivers from them and *install* them.

 

[Alvin Brown]

Hello

Also keep in mind thier is no real major gain between ATA100
and ATA133, so keep that in mind

Al

 

[kurttrail]

Hello

Also keep in mind thier is no real major gain between ATA100
and ATA133, so keep that in mind

No thanks. That's not important enough to replace the any of the stuff that
is already kept in my mind.

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[Kenny]

You were correct, by installing 4 in 1 hyperion I did achieve ata 133!
THANK YOU!

 

[Alex Nichol]

My hard drive supports it, my motherboard supports it, and I have a 80wire
cable that connects the motherboard and hard drive on the first IDE channel.
Nothing else is connected to that IDE.

Why cant I get ATA-133???

Is the drive at one end of the cable, and the connection to the
motherboard at the other? Having it connected to the middle connector
in the belief that makes a shorter path is a mistake - the remaining
unterminated cable causes reflections and trouble all round. And what
drivers are you using - IIRC XP did not *originally* have drivers to
handle over ATA 100 speed