Another DMA Problem (solved finally)

[Al Brumski]

Hi yall,

For what it's worth, in my PRIMITIVE Phoenix bios (no upgrade
available) when I set the hdds to "user" and selected Transfer mode =
FPIO4/DMA2 and DMA MODE = 4 Windows XP set my drives to UDMA 33.

So you DON'T need 80 wire cables for UDMA 33.

Phoenix bios and Gateway tech support, you can both &%$^ my @%!&.
!!!!!

My 4 month old puppy could have been more help.

All the best,

Al

 

[Jonny]

No, but the 80 wire versions don't hurt anything either. Aside from data
signals felt between the wires reduction/prevention, they also diminish
internal RF affecting the data on the cable as well.

 

[Al Brumski]

Hey Jonny,

That's good info and it makes sense.

I'm currently out of work so cash flow is a problem, therefore:

A. I didn't want to spend the ~$20.00 for a decent 80 wire cable.
B. I knew from reading tech articles that 40 wire cable would work for
33 mb transfer, after all it was working for my removable media
drives.

This is an old ~2000 machine, and I've made the decision to not sink
any more money into it, and wait until i can drag myself into the 20th
century with something more up to date.

But if i could double my current transfer rate with what i have on
board, why not??

For now, this is good enough for looking at naked ladies!!

All the best,

Al

 

[Jonny]

A. Doesn't cost nowhere near 20 bucks for any, I said, any ide ribbon cable
80 wire version.
If you do find one, buy it and mount it on the wall for the worst way to
waist your dinero.

B. Yes, the 40 wire version ide cables work for slower ide devices.

C. I don't want you to spend money on a machine that works properly in all
conditions you encounter.

D. I don't want others that do have errors with their ide devices (slow or
fast) to not know that an 80 wire cable may correct such a problem. That is
my point.

 

[Chuck]

You do when a 40 or 80 wire cables is detected and the DMA mode is set
automatically.