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    Does this lok right ?*56k*



    What can be the problem ?
    i ave got
    2100xp
    ga-7zxe
    512sdr
    40gb seagate barracuda 7200rpm*i think*

    i suspect is the cable. what do u think?

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    Is the drive on its own cable? Do you have DMA enabled on it?

    If you google AIDA32 and download though it will give you the specs of your HDD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Firelord
    Is the drive on its own cable? Do you have DMA enabled on it?

    If you google AIDA32 and download though it will give you the specs of your HDD
    huh? dma what is that ? there are two drives on one cable, although teh second drive is disables in bios.

    i will d/l that

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    If you go into the BIOS there should be an option for DMA.

    What is the other device connected to the cable?
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    otehr device is the 5 year old maxtor 8gb hdd

    EDIT: no dma setting, but tehre was atapi one so i enabled it. Now it takes ages to post
    Last edited by speedy_s; 28-12-2004 at 03:17 PM.

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    What chipset is the motherboard? Also the Maxtor will be a ATA33 hdd and slow the other drive down to its speed
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    the chipset is via apollo 133 i know stone age

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    one more thing, if i take my maxtor out what cour ide shall i put on my otehr drive black or grey ?
    the ide cable is like this

    red connector(into mobo)--------------->grey---------Black

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    What OS are you using? And what is your motherboard? And do you also have any CD/DVDs?
    Last edited by Thorsson; 28-12-2004 at 06:44 PM.

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    • BenW's system
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    Try taking the old drive out and put the seagate on black

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    right some development :
    took the old drive out
    installed the new hdd on single ide(ide-0) cable with no other drives
    ide 1, has two optical drives on
    i am using win xp. And i am stil geting ****ing 2.2mbps bandwidth which sucks. I can't even play a damn movie in vcd quailty. Will try to reinstall IDE drivers. I *think* it is because of the dodgy cable

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    Don't you have a spare cable? I've never seen an IDE cable with a red connector before. Ultra ATA is usually blue at the mobo end. Which is why I asked which mobo you have.

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    i have a ga-7zxe, and the mobo socket is red in colour. I do not have spare ide cable

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    followup

    which drivers shall i install on my board, the chipset is via kt133
    is it this :
    VIA IDE Miniport driver
    or the 4 in 1 drivers
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    Definitely the 4 in 1, but get the latest. Maybe the miniport too - I can't recall.

    Have you updated to the latest BIOS (FB)?

    This motherboard only supports ATA-100, so you won't get full speed from modern HDs. I'm trying to work out whether you are using the right cable - is it one that came with the motherboard?

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    Well u see, i bought this pc from this man who built it from me 3yrs ago, so i don't really know if he used the mobo cables, but i think they are the motehrboard cables. I am really of scared of doing BIOS updates as i have seen ppl who had awfullll problems with doing it.

    Installed the drivers, no increase in bandwidth but CPU utilisation dropped to 12% +/-2%. Miniport drievrs can be uninstalled, so i am just being patient to see if anythng else works first. I should be able to try the hdd with a new cable in the next few days.

    One more thing :
    Will two IDE drives(cd+HDD) on two ide cables give me MUCH MORE performance than two ide drives on one cable.

    Thanks

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