UDMA 4 limited to 2 by WinXP - Slow programing launcing etc

[Compugeek500]

I upgraded my notebook from WinMe to XPPRo. Now the hard drive seems to be much slower - awfully slow - than before. The SIS 630 IDE driver for Win XP, says UDMA4 is possible but that it is only running at UDMA 2. There is no option to up it. As it is mobile the HD seems to plug into the motherboard rather than use a cable so the 80 pin cable is not an option. I have seen in other forums, people saying change to PIO,reboot change back to UDMA remove Primary IDE, registery tweak but none seem to work.The motherboards runs SIS630 and linked components on the motherboard, I have downloaded the XP, IDE, AGP and full 630 Graphics updates - but this did not change it. AIDA has identified a 'SIS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller' on the motherboard as well as primary and secondary but I am only worried about my main hard drive on Primary IDE with no slave attached. There is no driver for XP for this(sis5513) it stopped at 98 and ME - Could this be the problem? More specs below - thanks for anyones help.

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium IIIE, 800 MHz (8 x 100)
Motherboard Name PortoCom FreeStar Notebook 340S2
Motherboard Chipset SiS 630
Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type Intel GTL+
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz
Effective Clock 100 MHz
Bandwidth 800 MB/s
Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type SiS MuTIOL
Bus Width 16-bit
System Memory 119 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (01/15/01)
Video Adapter SiS 630 (8 MB)
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 (Primary)
Optical Drive QSI DVD-ROM SDR-081 (8x/24x DVD-ROM)(Secondary)
AGP Version 2.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Problems & Suggestion
Problem AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory size. This may cause performance penalty.
SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller ]
Device Properties:
Driver Description SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller

Thanks for looking
Phil

 

[SYAR2003]

Download the correct ide driver :

ftp://ftp.portocom.hu/DRIVERS/Old%20Notebooks/340s2_FreeStar/ide/SiS_IDE_W2K_XP.zip

all drivers for the notebook:
Look up this ftp directory:
ftp://ftp.portocom.hu/DRIVERS/Old%20Notebooks/340s2_FreeStar


SYAR

 

[TekTippy4U]

Also; the UDMA for the HDD should be in the BIOS under Advanced IDE parameters or Memory areas

TT4U

Notification:
These are just "my" thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions....I try very hard to impart correct info at all times.

 

[SYAR2003]

ftp://ftp.portocom.hu/DRIVERS/Old%20Notebooks/340s2_FreeStar/ide/ide202.zip

The other was a utility , this is the drivers .



Note!

Copyright (c) 2000-2002 SiS Technologies Inc.
SiS Mini IDE (Ultra-DMA) Driver ReadMe.Txt
for
Win2000/XP

This readme file is used to provide the information for installation,

Install and Uninstall "SiS Mini IDE Driver".
============================================================================

The SiS Ultra-DMA IDE controller is a high performance Bus Master PCI
IDE controller. This "SiS Mini IDE Driver" distribution floppy
is used to utilize the DMA operation of your Hard disk/CD-ROMs drives in
order to release the I/O loading from the CPU. You could refer to the
related section to install the driver individually.

This package include five parts.
1. WinXP/Win2000 Mini IDE driver: Which can support SiS ATA133 chipset.
2. IDE utility: Which can display the IDE device current mode and other information.
3. Property Page : show the same information as IDE utility.
4. SetupDMA (win9x/ME) :Enable IDE device DMA mode if IDE device supported.
5. Hdinfo (win9x/ME) :Set the device vendor name and current mode used in disk menu
of system manager.


CONTENTS
***********************
1) System Requirements
2) Windows 2000/Windows XP Driver
3) Package Version Identify
4) Silent Install Driver
5) Verifying Installation of the Driver
6) Notes
7) Limitation


1) System Requirements

* This package should be installed on the SiS Bus Master IDE chipset,
SiS630 or later, and others' chipset will not be supported.

* The "SiS Mini IDE Driver" supports the following Operation System.

Operation System Version
============================================================================
Windows 2000 2195
XP 5.1.2600.0 or above
============================================================================


2) Windows 2000/ Windows XP Driver

*************************
** Driver Installation **
*************************
Click the SETUP.EXE program and select "Install" button then it will
install the "SiS Mini IDE Driver" automatically on your Windows
system. It will copy the driver to the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and set
the related registry tree.

 

[Compugeek500]

Thanks very much to you both - I have downloaded the files and will try the drivers.
However, I have removed some of the laptop covering to inspect the hard drive and its very short cable connection.
I notice it only has 40 wires, will this therefore limit me to UDMA2.
Also will the upgrades above increase speed even on the 40 pin limitation.
Is it possible to purchase an 80 pin laptop connector and will it give the UDMA4 on the rest of the motherboard from the specs I provided on the first email?

Thanks
Phil