32bit data transfer

I have a P4P800dlx MB with 2 - 80 gig WD HD's. I noticed that the 32
bit data transfer in the bios has been disabled for both HD's . Should
it be enabled? If so would it be faster at opening programs?

Thanks

locust

end user wrote:
I have a P4P800dlx MB with 2 - 80 gig WD HD's. I noticed that the 32
bit data transfer in the bios has been disabled for both HD's . Should
it be enabled? If so would it be faster at opening programs?

I would have said that they should be enabled and that it would provide a
boost in performance.

Ben
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Just dug up my notes when I checked this setting out...

http://www.asusboards.com/forums/sho...threadid=49814



http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modes_DMA.htm

- discusses 16 bit and 32 bit access

- IDE always transfer data at 16 bits (the cable has 16 wires for data
transfer)

- the PCI bus is 32 bits wide

- Enabling 32-bit access in the BIOS (if available) causes the PCI hard disk
interface controller to bundle together two 16-bit chunks of data from the
drive into a 32-bit group, which is then transmitted to the processor or
memory. This results in a small performance increase.



"end user" wrote in message
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I have a P4P800dlx MB with 2 - 80 gig WD HD's. I noticed that the 32
bit data transfer in the bios has been disabled for both HD's . Should
it be enabled? If so would it be faster at opening programs?

Thanks

locust

Thanks to all for responding. I will try it out.

Locust

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:55:48 +1100, "Cliff"
wrote:

Just dug up my notes when I checked this setting out...

http://www.asusboards.com/forums/sho...threadid=49814



http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modes_DMA.htm

- discusses 16 bit and 32 bit access

- IDE always transfer data at 16 bits (the cable has 16 wires for data
transfer)

- the PCI bus is 32 bits wide

- Enabling 32-bit access in the BIOS (if available) causes the PCI hard disk
interface controller to bundle together two 16-bit chunks of data from the
drive into a 32-bit group, which is then transmitted to the processor or
memory. This results in a small performance increase.



"end user" wrote in message
.. .
I have a P4P800dlx MB with 2 - 80 gig WD HD's. I noticed that the 32
bit data transfer in the bios has been disabled for both HD's . Should
it be enabled? If so would it be faster at opening programs?

Thanks

locust