HOW do I test the speed of my drives

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Rich Sias

I have just installed a new PCI IDE card and drive and want to test to see
if it is running at full 133 Mhz speed with bus mastering etc.

Mention if it is storeware, shareware, freeware, or already included with XP
ware.

Rich
 
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|I have just installed a new PCI IDE card and drive and want to test to see
| if it is running at full 133 Mhz speed with bus mastering etc.
|
| Mention if it is storeware, shareware, freeware, or already included with XP
| ware.
|
| Rich
 
Carey Frisch said:
URL correction: http://www.aida32.hu/aida32-download.php

Note: Download "AIDA32 - Personal System Information"
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Got it.
In Storage/ATA I see the following data:
ATA Device Properties
Model ID WDC AC29100D
Serial Number WD-WT6670574088
Revision J74OA30K
Parameters 17662 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per
sector
LBA Sectors 17803440
Buffer 1966 KB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 34
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 4 (ATA-66)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 2 (ATA-33)
Unformatted Capacity 8693 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Not Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Not Supported
48-bit LBA Not Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Not Supported

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Western Digital Corporation
Product Information http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products
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There is a Max. UDMA and Acitve UDMA, Does that mean that If I change to a
80wire cable that I might be up to 66 Mhz instead ?
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This is from the 3rd drive: It is on a PCI IDE card plugged into the PCI
bus.
ATA Device Properties
Model ID Maxtor 6Y120L0
Serial Number Y403FG4E
Revision YAR41VW0
Parameters 238216 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per
sector
LBA Sectors 240121728
Buffer 2 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 57
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0
Unformatted Capacity 117247 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Supported
48-bit LBA Not Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Supported

ATA Device Physical Info
Manufacturer Maxtor
Hard Disk Family DiamondMax Plus 9
Form Factor 3.5"
Formatted Capacity 120 GB
Disks 2
Recording Surfaces 3
Physical Dimensions 146.1 x 101.6 x 26.1 mm
Max. Weight 630 g
Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Interface Ultra-ATA/133
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 133 MB/s
Buffer Size 2 MB

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Maxtor Corporation
Product Information http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/

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This one 's max is 133 and the Active is:
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0
UDMA is zero, I want it at 6. Where in my system setup should I be looking
to make changes? I have a 133 drive w/ 80 wire cable. I have a 133 PCI IDE
card. Driver found by XP, I could find nothing to set in driver or
system/hardware/manager .

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Thanks, Rich
 
OK, I have run AIDA32 and it told me for my 3rd drive:

Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 0
Unformatted Capacity 117247 MB

It appears I am running at UDMA0 - 16.67Mhz ???

I found an Icon in Control Panel - Silicon Image ATA controllers

In running that I found:

Type: Disk Drive (capacity 122942MB)
Model: Maxtor 6Y120L0
Firmware Revision: YAR41VW0
ATA Version: ATA/ATAPI-7
Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA mode 6
Look Ahead: Enabled
Write Cache: Enabled

Now I see a conflict, which is it Mode 0 or 6 ?

How can I prove which is correct ?

Rich Sias
 
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