Troubles with hd transfer mode

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Luca Carlon

Hi all, forgive me for the mistakes I can make in the message but I'm
italian and I'm studying English at school :-).
I've tried to ask for help everywhere but with no results, none was able to
solve anything.
I'm working under Windows xp with a motherboard gigabyte GA-7VAX-A:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-7VAX-A.htm.
The problem regards the hd maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/documentation/quick_specs/diamondmax_plus_9_quick_s
pecs.pdf.
Windows xp detects the transfer mode Multi-word DMA, mode 2, instead of
UDMA6 for the hd and moreover detects the cd-rom with a transfer mode PIO
instead of Multi-word DMA. I corrected the second situation, but the first
is still the same. I've used some softwares to test the transfer rate and I
found a value of 12000Kb/s and I think it is far too slow for this hd. I've
tried to upgrade everything but without differences. Is there someone who
has the same problem or who know a possible solution?
Thanks and hi all.

Luca
 
Luca Carlon said this...
Windows xp detects the transfer mode Multi-word DMA, mode 2, instead of
UDMA6 for the hd
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Hi Luca,
Are you sure that you have an 80-core IDE cable for this hard disk?
If you are using the older 40-core type it will only run mode2.
 
Hi Luca,
Are you sure that you have an 80-core IDE cable for this hard disk?
If you are using the older 40-core type it will only run mode2.
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Thanks for the answer. I'm quite sure yes (even if, to be completely sure,
tomorrow I'm going to buy another 80-core cable). But someone told me that
in case it isn't, the pc should give a message like "no 80 conductor cable
installed" or something like this. And this message I don't have. However I
also see that the cable I use for the cd-rom is made up by less little
cables than that of the hd. So, I think I'm using the right cable.
Moreover, I'm very confused for what I've already exposed in the first
message. Even the transfer mode of the cd-rom was wrong. Isn't this very
unusual? The cd-rom has only a few weeks of life!
Thanks another time.

Luca
 
Move the drives to the "other" controller.

IE, move the HDD from the primary to the secondary controller. Move
the CDRom from the secondary to the primary controller.

Windows should reinstall these devices with the correct settings. Once
that happens, you SHOULD be able to move them back. (You may need to
boot to safe mode and kill the old ones from the device manager - if
that still works these days!)
 
Some One said:
Move the drives to the "other" controller.

IE, move the HDD from the primary to the secondary controller. Move
the CDRom from the secondary to the primary controller.

Windows should reinstall these devices with the correct settings. Once
that happens, you SHOULD be able to move them back. (You may need to
boot to safe mode and kill the old ones from the device manager - if
that still works these days!)
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Already tried all these things. Already tried also to connect the two in the
same connector, master or slave and any other combination. Windows install
all the things but everything come back to the first situation. The hd is
recognized as Multi-word DMA and the cd-rom as PIO. The only thing I noticed
is that when Windows re-install all a windows appears for some driver. The
windows is the classic one saying that the driver has not passed the test
for windows xp etc... I've always clicked continue, but this didn't happen
during the first installation of Windows. I've even tried to format all and
to install, as first thing, the newest drivers of the VIA chip, paying
attention in installing drivers for the IDE controllers when asked to.
Nothing, the hard disk is always rocognized as Multi-word DMA and the cd-rom
as damned PIO. Should I try to install another version of Windows, like 2003
server to see if the UDMA mode is found?
What other possibilities are there? Perhaps the hd or the mainboard could
have some damage?
Thanks for your time too.

Luca
 
With the motherboard you may have, or should have a CDROM for the
Motherboard Chipset and miscellaneous drivers. Ofteh the Ultra DMA Drivers
for ATA 100/133 are on that CDROM. Often this can be downloaded from the
motherboard's manufacturers website.

You may also be able to change the modes in the BIOS to some extent.
Windows can not always see all the hardware on the motherboard. Without the
special drivers on the CDROM.
 
Mickey Mouse said:
With the motherboard you may have, or should have a CDROM for the
Motherboard Chipset and miscellaneous drivers. Ofteh the Ultra DMA Drivers
for ATA 100/133 are on that CDROM. Often this can be downloaded from the
motherboard's manufacturers website.

You may also be able to change the modes in the BIOS to some extent.
Windows can not always see all the hardware on the motherboard. Without the
special drivers on the CDROM.
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ehm :-) ... just say that I lost the box in which the motherboard came
ehm... I downloaded all the avaible drivers from the page of the motherboard
website (Via4in1). In that there were even the drivers for the IDE
controllers etc... Just after the format and install of Windows XP I
installed those drivers, but without any result. The mode still remains
Multi-word DMA, mode 2.
In the BIOS the hard disk is recognized but is in auto mode. I tried to
modify it but I didn't find UDMA. However I found the item OnChip IDE
channel 0 and 1, and the value was enabled.
Something else to check?

Thanks yuo too.

Luca
 
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