Can 100 Go Into 66?

[Carbo]

The new IBM hard drive I have is an Ultra ATA 100 interface. The controller card I'll be plugging into is a Promise Technology Ultra 66. Is this a problem, or will I just be slowing down the hard drive? If I plug directly into the IDE slot on the motherboard, how can it be determined if the mobo is rated at 66 or 100?

 

[IamDavid]

As far as I know, all the standards are backwards compatible..

 

[bacillus]

I agree with IamDavid! there will be very little real world difference between ata66 & ata100 speed!

 

[Hanpan]

Yes it can
THe drive will not be slowed down as i can't even saturate the 66mb/s of ata66.
As for your mobo it depends on what southbridge it has and or what onbaord controllers. Tell us what mobo you have and we'll tell you what controller you have

 

[NeonFlak]

Yes, all standards are backwards compatible. Also, there is almost no performance difference between ata/100 and 66.

 

[TravisBickle]

your drive might just challenge udma33. the benefit of udma100 is in bandwidth for multiple drives, e.g. in RAID systems.

 

[Carbo]

Thanks for all the quick input. HanPan, the specs on my mobo are as follows:
Board: GATEWAY Tabor3 WS440BX Tabor3 4000504-211
Serial Number: A
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. 4W4SB0X0.15A.0017.P12 12/21/1999
Thanks again.