ATA100 HD. But runs like ATA... well 40!
Ahhh crap! This is really pissing me off! Me and my friend both have Epox EP-8KTA3 motherboards. We both have Western Digital ATA100 7200RPM 40GB hard drives as well. I have a Duron 800 @ 1000 and he has a Duron 850 not over clocked cause I need to fix the pencil marks (lol! sorry couldn’t resist).
Ahhh crap! This is really pissing me off!
Me and my friend both have Epox EP-8KTA3 motherboards. We both have Western Digital ATA100 7200RPM 40GB hard drives as well. I have a Duron 800 @ 1000 and he has a Duron 850 not over clocked cause I need to fix the pencil marks (lol! sorry couldn’t resist).
Seems that no matter what VIA 4in1 drivers we tried. No matter how much **** we did (to a certain extent). We could not get our drives to actually run/feel at/like ATA100 mode. WTF?! I have heard of this issue before. But only until now has it become a nuisance. I am also wondering if Creative Labs CRAPTACULAR SoundBlaster Live! drivers don't have anything to do with this.
If anyone has ANY information on this, drivers, or can help in any way PLEASE DO. I am killing my self here.
It would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Mike HELLBRINGER Gregory
Me and my friend both have Epox EP-8KTA3 motherboards. We both have Western Digital ATA100 7200RPM 40GB hard drives as well. I have a Duron 800 @ 1000 and he has a Duron 850 not over clocked cause I need to fix the pencil marks (lol! sorry couldn’t resist).
Seems that no matter what VIA 4in1 drivers we tried. No matter how much **** we did (to a certain extent). We could not get our drives to actually run/feel at/like ATA100 mode. WTF?! I have heard of this issue before. But only until now has it become a nuisance. I am also wondering if Creative Labs CRAPTACULAR SoundBlaster Live! drivers don't have anything to do with this.
If anyone has ANY information on this, drivers, or can help in any way PLEASE DO. I am killing my self here.
It would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Mike HELLBRINGER Gregory
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What the Model numder of WD ?.
All win you frist boot what do the bios info tell you ?.
Sometime setup harddisk the to full auto helps
--------------Type--Mode
Primay Master-Auto--Auto
Also check the IDE HDD Block mode it maybe turn off
I get the manuel for your motherboard & check it out.
What the Model numder of WD ?.
All win you frist boot what do the bios info tell you ?.
Sometime setup harddisk the to full auto helps
--------------Type--Mode
Primay Master-Auto--Auto
Also check the IDE HDD Block mode it maybe turn off
I get the manuel for your motherboard & check it out.
ok i will try that thx
Ok... model is WDC WD400BB-00AUA1
BIOS says its on PIO Mode 4 or something like that.
IDE HDD Block is ENABLED
IDE Prefetch Mode is ENABLED
WD floppy disk utility still says its 33 and choices are 33 only.
WTF IS UP WITH THIS SH1T MAN!?
BIOS says its on PIO Mode 4 or something like that.
IDE HDD Block is ENABLED
IDE Prefetch Mode is ENABLED
WD floppy disk utility still says its 33 and choices are 33 only.
WTF IS UP WITH THIS SH1T MAN!?
How do I put it on DMA 5?
This motherboard is an EP-8KTA3, came out in Feb BRAND NEW! BIOS is from Feb also. And it supports ATA100 in the BIOS according to the packaging. If you've seen this board first hand you know its a good board and has ATA100.
Perhaps. But my friends computer (practically same config) is doing the same thing. I think its a setting or a config or something. Kinda pisses me off there is no deffinate answer.
This motherboard is an EP-8KTA3, came out in Feb BRAND NEW! BIOS is from Feb also. And it supports ATA100 in the BIOS according to the packaging. If you've seen this board first hand you know its a good board and has ATA100.
Perhaps. But my friends computer (practically same config) is doing the same thing. I think its a setting or a config or something. Kinda pisses me off there is no deffinate answer.
If you can take your friends drive and attach it to you machine and try it out. or some other drive that is ATA 100
I believe your drive might be bust. I have a WD Ata 66 20GB drive with exactly the same symptoms. which is sitting outside.
But my bios did start to tell me that the drive has failed...
If not try enabling
"Halt on All Errors" and boot up. let's see what it says.
I have not used your board (there are so many of them) I use Asus myself. But I verry much doubt it is a problem with your board as I said.
I believe your drive might be bust. I have a WD Ata 66 20GB drive with exactly the same symptoms. which is sitting outside.
But my bios did start to tell me that the drive has failed...
If not try enabling
"Halt on All Errors" and boot up. let's see what it says.
I have not used your board (there are so many of them) I use Asus myself. But I verry much doubt it is a problem with your board as I said.
hmm well I will try but I SERIOUSLY doubt that is the problem. I don't think the drive is faulty.
How do I enable DMA5???
How do I enable DMA5???
ok thank you I am looking in my manual.
Go to this page
http://www.westerndigital.com/service/ftp/drives.html
Download the Ultra ATA Manager.
put it on a blank floppy disk.
boot useing a pure dos boot disk
put in that floppy disk type "dlgudma".
http://www.westerndigital.com/service/ftp/drives.html
Download the Ultra ATA Manager.
put it on a blank floppy disk.
boot useing a pure dos boot disk
put in that floppy disk type "dlgudma".
That is what is on my floppy disk.
ATA 100 is working on my friends computer!
ATA 100 is working on my friends computer!
Well I checked the cable....
I think I need to enable LBA cause it is not on on mine but it is on on my friends. When his sys boots up it says ATA100.
I will try and figure it out...
Thanks for all the help.
I think I need to enable LBA cause it is not on on mine but it is on on my friends. When his sys boots up it says ATA100.
I will try and figure it out...
Thanks for all the help.
LBA has nothing to do with it.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of accessing hard disk drives. This allows IDE disks larger than 504 megabytes (1024 cylinders) in size to be fully partitioned using the MS-DOS fdisk command. Prior to this technology, ROM BIOS limitations prevented the fdisk command from using an entire hard disk that was larger than 504 megabytes (MB) in size, except by using other controller ROM routines that effectively translate the hard disk's native geometry.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of accessing hard disk drives. This allows IDE disks larger than 504 megabytes (1024 cylinders) in size to be fully partitioned using the MS-DOS fdisk command. Prior to this technology, ROM BIOS limitations prevented the fdisk command from using an entire hard disk that was larger than 504 megabytes (MB) in size, except by using other controller ROM routines that effectively translate the hard disk's native geometry.
Well something enabled ATA100 on my friends comp when i messed in the BIOS.
His ATA100 is working. Testing in SiSoft Sandra and it kicked the **** out of UDMA66. Mine is still stuck in PIO 4! WTF is up man?
Should I call WD? I have tried everything you guys have told me and its not working. How do I get it out of PIO 4 mode!?
His ATA100 is working. Testing in SiSoft Sandra and it kicked the **** out of UDMA66. Mine is still stuck in PIO 4! WTF is up man?
Should I call WD? I have tried everything you guys have told me and its not working. How do I get it out of PIO 4 mode!?
ok will do thank you
Well their technical support does not exist. From that I could find.
I called their tech support. After going through all the menus and not getting a hold of any god damn person I decided to wait on the non-touch tone phone part. After sitting over an hour I gave up. Total bullshit!
So what do I do now? I don't want to wait another 6-8 damn weeks for a RMA to get taken care of. And knowing them they probably wont even transfer the data from my current HD to the new one. I'll probably end up fixing it my self. Then there is always the possibility of getting a new hard drive back, and finding out it is doing the same thing as my current one.
I think the problem is my system. I don't see any reason for this drive to not be working.
I want to try some more things and go through it more throughly if anyone can help me. Their tech support sucks and their online support is no good either.
Can someone help me please?
I called their tech support. After going through all the menus and not getting a hold of any god damn person I decided to wait on the non-touch tone phone part. After sitting over an hour I gave up. Total bullshit!
So what do I do now? I don't want to wait another 6-8 damn weeks for a RMA to get taken care of. And knowing them they probably wont even transfer the data from my current HD to the new one. I'll probably end up fixing it my self. Then there is always the possibility of getting a new hard drive back, and finding out it is doing the same thing as my current one.
I think the problem is my system. I don't see any reason for this drive to not be working.
I want to try some more things and go through it more throughly if anyone can help me. Their tech support sucks and their online support is no good either.
Can someone help me please?
