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01-12-2006, 05:01 PM
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| Hard Drive Interface Question I was testing the drives in the 875PBZ computer in my sig with HD Tach 2.51. In the "Info" section, this is what I got for my two SATA 150 drives: Standard: ATA/ATAPI - 7 Supported: UDMA Mode 6(UltraATA 133) Active: UDMA Mode 5(UltraATA 100) I'm assuming this means my SATA drives are running off my motherboard at ATA 100 speed? Could it be the HD Tach program or have I missed a major hard drive setting in my BIOS or something? |
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01-12-2006, 05:11 PM
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| No, and it makes absolutely no difference. SATA drives don't use DMA, so it makes no difference what UDMA it is seen as, however Windows may "see" data about the drive. |
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01-12-2006, 05:40 PM
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| Thanks PCB-Maybe I should quit poking around. I have a bad habit of thinking "hey, lookie here, maybe we can make this run a little better". There must a point that you shouldn't fool around with stuff anymore, but I haven't found that point yet. |
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01-12-2006, 05:46 PM
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| No problem, you don't know, so you ask. It just as easily could have been something that needed to be fixed. Poking around is how you learn. |
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01-12-2006, 06:13 PM
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| I learned the PATA 100 Seagate drive I've got has a better data transfer rate than either of my Maxtor SATA drives. I used a lot of Maxtor drives, but it's Seagate from here on in. Thanks again. |
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01-12-2006, 06:30 PM
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01-12-2006, 06:49 PM
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| Like most people here, I can't seem to stop messing around with my computers. I do work on them, like video editing, but that takes a lot of time. Running a few tests on components or buying a part or two online only takes a few minutes and is fairly entertaining. Keeps me out of trouble(for the most part). |
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