UDMA100 on the ABIT KT-7?

[Adde]

Does the KT-7 whithout the RAID option have UDMA100 or does it not, please clarify.

 

[WellDuhh]

No, it does Not. The chipset that gives the KT-7 RA it's raid capabilities, is also
the one that supports ATA 100, and it is absent from the KT-7.

 

[Techwhore]

actually, the abit kt7 w/o raid only supports ata 33, udma2... it's pretty crappy.

 

[Enigma]

From Abit's site
Specs for Abit KT7

1. On board Bus Master IDE Ports supporting UDMA 33/66

Good board if you don't need ATA100.

 

[Techwhore]

trust me, abit made a mistake, they didn't utilize the chipsets 66... you can go ahead and find out for yourself though, i bought a raid so i can work around it. If you buy the non-raid you'll be stuck

 

[Adde]

That really sucks. I have already ordered the board.:disgust::|

 

[Rudee]

Simply enable DMA in the harddisk properties and you have ATA66 support for the KT7 (non-Raid)

 

[SonicFlux]

I have a KT7-raid, but I have the HPT raid BIOS disabled. Therefore, it's running like a non-raid KT7. I have an IBM 20gig 34gxp on ide1 (secondary master), and the mobo BIOS as well as windows recognizes it as an ata66 device.

 

[DaddyG]

How could ABIt not enable ATA66, its included in all KT133 chipsets. The new VIA Southbridge even includes ATA100 but few mobo makers have used it.

 

[Rudee]

Remember, it's ata 33/66, thus 33 by default. You need to enable UDMA 66 thorough the disk properties by putting a checkmark beside DMA in the properties box of the harddisk.

 

[Adde]

Well, it seems like it supports UDMA66 anyway, thank you guys!