please forgive me...i am a newcomer...
 
my query is how to enable ata100 (or any speed for that matter), on my system, which currently comprises of:
 
FIC Az11E mobo (686B southbridge)
Maxtor 51536h2 ata100 h/d
Windows 2k pro
Via 4-in-1's latest beta (.322 i think)
SP1
MS ata100 hotfix
 
the issue i have is that before applying the hotfix, both the primary and secondary channels were set at udma transfer mode, after applying the fix the primary channel reverted to PIO.
 
I have tried both manual and automatic install of the via's (both 4-in-1's and the individual drivers) to no avail - the highest performance i have benched with Sandra 8.11 is somewhat less than a udma33 drive.
 
the cables i use are appropriate/connected correctly and the drive performed very well in the same benchmark under win me just 4 days ago.
 
please, if anybody knows how to get a decent rate of data transfer with my system, tell me!
 
thanks in advance...