Win2K & UDMA5

[MyHandlesUsed]

Hi people ,

I am using Windows 2000pro and i have UDMA5 controler on motherboard (Gigabyte 7zxe) and UDMA6 capable HDD (DiamondMax D740x).I HAVE udma ide cable(80 pins) and i dont have no more devices on same IDE chanel (primary).When I boot (with autodetect on , SMART is off) bios detects UDMA5 on primary but control panels`s advanced IDE properties(Autodetect is on and use UDMA if possible is on) displays PIO!!!
I admit i cannot solve this problem,is there anyone who can? Thank You !

 

[wolluf]

Have you actually tested how fast transfer rates and seek times are? (to see what drive is actually running at - ie, if its performing as UDMA5, all is ok).

 

[MyHandlesUsed]

Cool thinking wolluf ,but now I am even more confused .
I downloaded two freeware programs ,first tells me that i have UDMA5 mode but it also tells me that i have 8 MB hard drive instead 20GB(?!?!) .Second tells me that my hdd have 1.88 mb/s read speed and 2.07 mb/s write speed. What is this meening ?

 

[wolluf]

First one is probably an older app - only written for up to 8GB drives. Second (unfortunately) suggests PIO mode, if its figures are correct. I've got an ATA100 disk (can't remember if that equates to UDMA5) gets average 40 MB/sec and an ATA66 showing 24 MB/sec.

I've been using a utility called quickbench (

http://www.rundegren.com/)

and another called Drive for NT (both for NT based systems - ie, NT/2k/XP only - so should run on yours).

So it looks like there is a problem. Are there any driver files for your motherboard (look on website)? Maybe the win2k default drivers will only work in PIO mode with the IDE controllers on the motherboard & you need specific drivers?