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how to see current hdd transfer mode (33/66/100/133) ?
Hi,
i know there are programs that measure the hdd speed but is there a program that detects current mode of hdd ie. 33/66/100/133 mhz? Checked hdd info with sandra & cant find it there?! Thanks |
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:23:17 +0000, dsads wrote:
Hi, i know there are programs that measure the hdd speed but is there a program that detects current mode of hdd ie. 33/66/100/133 mhz? Checked hdd info with sandra & cant find it there?! Thanks The manufacturer's diagnostics (floppy) may tell you, but often the BIOS shows this too, on the info screen right before the OS boots. Dave |
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The bios might show one thing and the truth my be another thing. In
the hole world there is no reliable program from win to show those parameters live in action? my drive is a maxtor 80 gb. thanks On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:45:16 GMT, kony wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:23:17 +0000, dsads wrote: Hi, i know there are programs that measure the hdd speed but is there a program that detects current mode of hdd ie. 33/66/100/133 mhz? Checked hdd info with sandra & cant find it there?! Thanks The manufacturer's diagnostics (floppy) may tell you, but often the BIOS shows this too, on the info screen right before the OS boots. Dave |
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dsads wrote:
The bios might show one thing and the truth my be another thing. In the hole world there is no reliable program from win to show those parameters live in action? my drive is a maxtor 80 gb. All that matters is HD performance. If you see 40+Mbs, don't sweat it! -- Stacey |
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only getting 22000 kB/s. which ultra dma mode set my 133 mhz drive?
and which pmo mode? thanks On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:22:32 -0500, stacey wrote: dsads wrote: The bios might show one thing and the truth my be another thing. In the hole world there is no reliable program from win to show those parameters live in action? my drive is a maxtor 80 gb. All that matters is HD performance. If you see 40+Mbs, don't sweat it! |
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read pio mode..
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:22:32 -0500, stacey wrote: dsads wrote: The bios might show one thing and the truth my be another thing. In the hole world there is no reliable program from win to show those parameters live in action? my drive is a maxtor 80 gb. All that matters is HD performance. If you see 40+Mbs, don't sweat it! |
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:38:14 +0000, dsads wrote:
only getting 22000 kB/s. which ultra dma mode set my 133 mhz drive? and which pmo mode? thanks There are two things, maybe 3, you need do: 1) Make sure you're using 80-conductor ATA66/100/133 IDE cable (assuming of course, that it's not an SATA drive). 2) Set BIOS to AUTO. Do not set modes, you should not be specifying any of this. 3) Check the operating system, for DMA usage. In windows that's in device manager. You also haven't mentioned exactly how/when you see those 22000 KB/s rates. Little details may seem irrelevant but provide a clue what's going on. Dave |
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see transfer rates with sandras file transfer benchmark.
You mean to imply that the gray ide cables differ in transfer capacity they can handle? I thought that any ide cable is universal and can be used for 33/66/100/130 mhz modes! went in to bios & set hdd on manual & changed to ultra dma 6. Guess what? transfer rates jumped to 27000kB/s. still not the full works but getting there. looked on maxtors www & did not find any utility for this hdd model! On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:17:32 GMT, kony wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:38:14 +0000, dsads wrote: only getting 22000 kB/s. which ultra dma mode set my 133 mhz drive? and which pmo mode? thanks There are two things, maybe 3, you need do: 1) Make sure you're using 80-conductor ATA66/100/133 IDE cable (assuming of course, that it's not an SATA drive). 2) Set BIOS to AUTO. Do not set modes, you should not be specifying any of this. 3) Check the operating system, for DMA usage. In windows that's in device manager. You also haven't mentioned exactly how/when you see those 22000 KB/s rates. Little details may seem irrelevant but provide a clue what's going on. Dave |
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:41:23 +0000, dsads wrote:
see transfer rates with sandras file transfer benchmark. You mean to imply that the gray ide cables differ in transfer capacity they can handle? I thought that any ide cable is universal and can be used for 33/66/100/130 mhz modes! Definitely not, old 40-conductor cables are only able to do (up to) ATA33. However, using an old ATA33 cable, you should still get closer to 33MB/s than your 22MB/s reported... "usually" a new drive running on ATA33 mode maxes it out at 26-31MB/s, across most of the drive then maybe dropping down into the mid-twenties at the end, but if i had to peg an average for such a scenario, it'd be 28MB/s. went in to bios & set hdd on manual & changed to ultra dma 6. Guess what? transfer rates jumped to 27000kB/s. still not the full works but getting there. You should not need, nor should you, change the BIOS settings. Any semi-modern system can detect it's fastest ATA mode supported, just fine. If for some reason the drive won't drop down to that mode, you need read the documentation and see if the drive manufacturer provided a utility to change ATA mode (which they certainly will if the drive can't always drop-down). However, all the Maxtors I've owned/own do drop down fine, though I admit the odds are against my having tried 'em on your particular motherboard, which is ???? looked on maxtors www & did not find any utility for this hdd model! You don't find utilities for specific models, just download the Mxblast floppy-creater, but if that's a retail drive it should've came in the package on floppy or (equivalent to the website download) on a CD. Dave |
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