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Maxtor UDMA133=??

If your chipset doesn't support UDMA 133 then it'll be at Mode 5. If it does support then it is obviously wrong.
 
Mode 6 is UDMA 133.
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He ain't wrong....I have a KT333 board and it shows my WD as Mode 5 and my Maxtor as Mode 6....the maxtor is UDMA133. not all boards support UDMA133.....on the AMD + VIA side you need a KT333 or later.

Corm
 
Hmm....not familiar with that board but.....I doubt there will be any difference at all between ATA100 and ATA133.

Corm
 
Originally posted by: TheCorm
Hmm....not familiar with that board but.....I doubt there will be any difference at all between ATA100 and ATA133.

Corm
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Don't go and spend any extra money on upgrading just to get ATA133. The speed increase that I remember reading about in tests was only in bursts and hardly noticeable. I have 2 maxtors at UDMA 6/ATA 133 and I have never thought to myself "wow that sure is faster than my ATA100 drive".
 
Originally posted by: BigRigDriver
The Mobo is P4S8X I should have UDMA6, but I have UDMA5. Is it bios related?😱
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Have you tried unistalling the drivers/ rebooting and see if they'll set to the correct setting? Also, did you install that HDD after another one had been there?
 
Actually, I had both for few months now. I dont have SIS IDE drivers installed.
Last week I had to reinstall WinXP but couple of days ago I was looking at
Device Manager & went HMMM should'nt this be UDMA6.
I figuired if I have a Mobo & HDD ATA133 they both should be UDMA6 😕

In Bios, its UDMA6. InDevice Manger UDMA5. Is it Driver related?? 😱
 
Barely any difference between 133 and 100.

BTW, is there a Barracuda IV 40gig? I know there is an 80 with the 40gig platter, but I honestly do not need another 80gb. I have an IBM (bought it in early august, already slowing down?) which I plan to just start using for file storage.
 
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