Ponch Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hi, I spent my sunday reinstalling my sister's old computer, all drivers, all updates etc... From ME to XP. added some megs, updated Bios, almost perfect, waiting for the kids to trash it. What bothers me is that the HDD is slow as hell, the mobo claims "Dual bus Master IDE Ultra DMA33/66 /100" but the disks is exactly twice as fast when I run it on an other DMA 66 mobo.I think the mobo is bad but you never know, maybe any of you knows better.Mobo is MSI-6309 v2, PIII800MHz, last Biosv3.8, optimized default loaded, tried with older Bios versions also (flashed 6 times !!!). Triple checked jumpers, tried with other HDD same problem, drive is alone on the right end of the cable, tried with other cable (both 80 wires), also tried on secondary IDE, still same problem.Drive is detected as "UltraDMA4 capable" on boot screen, then "running mode PIO 4" on the next screen. Anyone an idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I don’t think your motherboard is bad, check this:- Bad or leaking capacitors any were?- Busmaster drivers installed, eg. VIA storage drivers (almost SURE that’s the problem you have now!)- 80-wire PATA/IDE flat cable used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 I did install the drivers (it's a "VIA4in1" and I rechecked I downloaded the good one). As I said, I swapped the cable with the one from the other computer as well, no difference. I tested with PC-Check under DOS and see exactly the same problem. HDDs are quite recent 30 and 40Gig so way beyond ATA66. I wish you were right. I'll check for the capacitors when I go back over there. Is "PIO 4" good or bad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Check your BIOS settings and make sure the drive is set for UDMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I did install the drivers (it's a "VIA4in1" and I rechecked I downloaded the good one).Not only that one alone.There is a risk involved, not that big but there is, when you install the IDE Miniport driver, there is no way you can de-install it. Also, what service packs are installed? SP1 has LOADS of fixes for example; SP2 would be the best...- Chipset used VIA Apollo Pro 133A/686B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Check your BIOS settings and make sure the drive is set for UDMA.It's an AMI Bios from 2002 and there is no such option to enable or disable. XP version is SP2(FR) + update pack (french equivalent of Ryan)+Windows updates.Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Even with a 40-conductor IDE cable, it should be at least in UDMA 2. (UDMA 33)An 80-conductor IDE cable is only required for UDMA 4 (UDMA 66) and higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Out of topic, but not much, you can use HDtune:http://www.hdtune.com/to check Supported and Active ATA levels.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now