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November 17th, 2002, 01:53 AM
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| | The Nebish Jurist
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| ATA133 - How can you tell?
Fellow Members:
I was visiting the IWill Forum and a fellow was trying to get his Maxtor ATA133 HDD running at the "proverbial" and "all important" ("cough, cough ...") ATA133.
I am running a Maxtor ATA133 HDD on my Win2KPro system. I looked under "Device Manager" where it stated my HDD was running at "Ultra DMA." But nothing about ATA.
The fellow at the IWill Forum stated there was a Utility in my mobo's BIOS (XP333-R) or in the mobo's Chipset which I intend to explore, that will show ATA burst or transfer rate. This "utility" notwithstanding, I am curious .... How can one tell if a ATA133 HDD is in fact running at ATA133?
Thx.
Brangwen 
Last edited by Brangwen : November 17th, 2002 at 01:55 AM.
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November 17th, 2002, 01:58 AM
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it says ULtra DMA mode 6 i belive. i could be wrong , mine is mode 5 (ata 100)
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November 17th, 2002, 02:02 AM
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| ocit: Where would DMA Mode 5 or 6 be listed? Device Manager?
Which OS, if it matters?
Brangwen
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November 17th, 2002, 02:07 AM
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I know when i boot up it displays the DMA/ATA mode while going thru the POST....
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November 17th, 2002, 02:10 AM
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Would it be listed in the post info? Not the initial post info, but the system info given just before the system loads the OS.
Not here in the initial POST: http://www.spacewalker.com/english/s...p10QA/Bios.jpg
but later, just before the splash screen for the OS comes up. Usually, it lists the system info and gives the mode for the drives. | |
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November 17th, 2002, 02:11 AM
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yes either the post screen or under ide/ata controllers>primary ide channel in the device manager.
edit: i mean the 2nd post screen. | |
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November 17th, 2002, 02:20 AM
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Well ... now that the three of you mentioned it ... "Duh!"  Ocit: I did check the IDE Controllers and it is set to "AutoDetect" and "Ultra DMA" without a number after "Ultra DMA."
I haven't been tweakin' enough recently ... my system has been working too well on its own!
I'll reboot and take a squint! 
Thx.
Brangwen
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November 17th, 2002, 02:31 AM
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November 17th, 2002, 02:46 AM
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Thx! I didn't think I could feel worse than I did a little while ago!
Brangwen
PS: I was one of "those" who paid for the ATA133 gimmick! Though I learned a bit about Serial ATA! | |
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November 17th, 2002, 02:58 AM
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I'm using Win2KPro (mentioned above I think) and the splash screen is up before I can see anything but a nanosecond of the first post screen ... I see XP 1900+ and 266 DDR and that's it!
I'll try the F8 key ...
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