Help! HDD running PIO mode =(
Here's my problem: My Maxtor harddrive (15gb 7200rpm ata66) is running in PIO mode, although auto detection and DMA if avaiable is enabled. Running WINXP RC1 Here's my system specs: AMD Athlon 1000mhz (not overclocked) 384mb ram Abit KT7A w/ latest 3C BIOS Geforce2 GTS SBLive! 2 NICs Primary IDE: Master: IBM 30gb h ...
Here's my problem: My Maxtor harddrive (15gb 7200rpm ata66) is running in PIO mode, although auto detection and DMA if avaiable is enabled. Running WINXP RC1
Here's my system specs:
AMD Athlon 1000mhz (not overclocked)
384mb ram
Abit KT7A w/ latest 3C BIOS
Geforce2 GTS
SBLive!
2 NICs
Primary IDE:
Master: IBM 30gb hdd 7200rpm ata100 (UltraDMA Mode5)
Slave: Maxtor 15gb hdd 7200rpm ata66 (PIO Mode)<-problem
Secondary IDE:
Pioneer 16X DVDROM (UltraDMA Mode2)
Plextor 8432 CDRW (MultiWord DMA Mode2) whats this?!
perhaps this is another VIA chipset issue?
it used to be ultraDMA in win2k
one more thing: CDROM and DVDROM may suddenly stop working, and a restart would fix the problem. anyone else with similar spec has these two problems?
Here's my system specs:
AMD Athlon 1000mhz (not overclocked)
384mb ram
Abit KT7A w/ latest 3C BIOS
Geforce2 GTS
SBLive!
2 NICs
Primary IDE:
Master: IBM 30gb hdd 7200rpm ata100 (UltraDMA Mode5)
Slave: Maxtor 15gb hdd 7200rpm ata66 (PIO Mode)<-problem
Secondary IDE:
Pioneer 16X DVDROM (UltraDMA Mode2)
Plextor 8432 CDRW (MultiWord DMA Mode2) whats this?!
perhaps this is another VIA chipset issue?
it used to be ultraDMA in win2k
one more thing: CDROM and DVDROM may suddenly stop working, and a restart would fix the problem. anyone else with similar spec has these two problems?
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I seem to be having a very similar issue with my HD. Although in all operating systems. Not being able to get ATA100 enabled all the way.
I got the BIOS reporting PIO 4 fixed to show ATA100.
I messed with UDMA auto settings and IDE prefetch and other HD related stuff in my BIOS seemed to fix that.
Try those things.
I got the BIOS reporting PIO 4 fixed to show ATA100.
I messed with UDMA auto settings and IDE prefetch and other HD related stuff in my BIOS seemed to fix that.
Try those things.
Try changing out the ribon cable i just got a new 60 gig maxtor 7200 and it was stuck in pio mode.
Turns out the 80 wire ribon cable that came with it was bad i swaped it out for a 40 wire standard cable and boom dma mode heh try tfering 15 gigs with of data on to a hd stuck in pio mode hahah estimate of 1225000+ minutes doh!!!
Any how check that and let me know if it was same for you btw i never got a 80 wire that worked that came with a hd.
Turns out the 80 wire ribon cable that came with it was bad i swaped it out for a 40 wire standard cable and boom dma mode heh try tfering 15 gigs with of data on to a hd stuck in pio mode hahah estimate of 1225000+ minutes doh!!!
Any how check that and let me know if it was same for you btw i never got a 80 wire that worked that came with a hd.
I had a similar problem when i got a new maxtor drive recently and it reported as PIO mode in windows 2000. It was ATA100 (UDMA mode 5) and my motherboard ide controller supports UDMA66(mode 4). Took me a while to figure it out, but i got it into UDMA like this;
first i got a program called 66to100.exe from maxtor.com, which is basically a dos mode application for switching your hardrive's maximum UDMA mode from 4 to 5, however it also works backwards, allowing you to put the hd into any of the 5 UDMA modes, up or down. You can get this sort of dos mode UDMA mode app for most brands of HD, i had a similar one for my old Seagate drive, just scour the utilities page of your hd makers website for anything metioning UDMA, then read the readme.txt's CAREFULLY.
anyhow, use the .exe from the makers website to regress your hd's max UDMA mode one mode at a time, so you boot to dos, lower the udma, boot into windows and check the ide access mode for udma, then repeat if its still PIO. It took me 3 goes and i ended up with my hardrive in UDMA2 before 2k would use the UDMA. I had enable UDMA66 in the registry and got the ATA100 fix in SP2, but it may be my ide cable. i hope this helps anyhows.
first i got a program called 66to100.exe from maxtor.com, which is basically a dos mode application for switching your hardrive's maximum UDMA mode from 4 to 5, however it also works backwards, allowing you to put the hd into any of the 5 UDMA modes, up or down. You can get this sort of dos mode UDMA mode app for most brands of HD, i had a similar one for my old Seagate drive, just scour the utilities page of your hd makers website for anything metioning UDMA, then read the readme.txt's CAREFULLY.
anyhow, use the .exe from the makers website to regress your hd's max UDMA mode one mode at a time, so you boot to dos, lower the udma, boot into windows and check the ide access mode for udma, then repeat if its still PIO. It took me 3 goes and i ended up with my hardrive in UDMA2 before 2k would use the UDMA. I had enable UDMA66 in the registry and got the ATA100 fix in SP2, but it may be my ide cable. i hope this helps anyhows.
im having the same problem, sorta. my primary recently went into PIO mode, altho it wuz my fault. i wuzent paying attention and my elbow slammed into my comp really hard, hard enough 2 freeze it, and lock the drive in PIO mode. what i wuz wondering is if ne knows of a way 2 take a drive out of it. its a western digital 80 gig special edition IDE drive. ne help would b appciated. ive already ordered a new drive, sata, and an hoping i can ghost this one onto the sata.