OC ATA100?

skastel · Aug 16, 2002, 04:52 AM

If you're not living in a cave you probably know about the 8MB WD HDD's. THe problem is that they are only ATA100, and it doesn't seem like Western Digital is gonna start making their HDD's ATA133. SO.......Does anyone know if it's possible, and more specificly, has it been done, to overclock the Harddrive to ATA133 transfer speeds, I know you can force it to accept certain DMA's but will it actually respond to DMA 6, or is it 7

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UberLord · Aug 16, 2002, 05:31 AM

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Originally posted by skastel
but will it actually respond to DMA 6, or is it 7 .

DMA 6 is ATA/133

At least, thats what my computer tells me

shuki · Aug 17, 2002, 12:27 AM

in my experience UberLord is correct. Installing via 4in1's ver. 1.38 added UDMA 6 support for my Maxtor ATA133 hdd. I got a very nice 29% bandwidth increase by doing it! I though man I'll do the same with my other pc with the samsung 7200 ATA 100. Got absolutely zero performance gain. Attribute it to no UDMA 6 support with an ATA 100 drive.

UberLord · Aug 17, 2002, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by shuki
in my experience UberLord is correct

If I'm wrong then it's a mis-print

Aug 16, 2002, 04:52 AM	#1
skastel Massive Happiness Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 238 Rep Power: 0	OC ATA100? If you're not living in a cave you probably know about the 8MB WD HDD's. THe problem is that they are only ATA100, and it doesn't seem like Western Digital is gonna start making their HDD's ATA133. SO.......Does anyone know if it's possible, and more specificly, has it been done, to overclock the Harddrive to ATA133 transfer speeds, I know you can force it to accept certain DMA's but will it actually respond to DMA 6, or is it 7 . __________________ Barton 2800+ @ 1998Mhz (12x166) Radeon 9700 Pro ASUS A7N 1 GB Corsair Low Latency PC3200 (2-2-2-5) SBLive! 5.1 WD 80GB JB Samsung DVD 16x+/12x-/2.4x Dual Layer Lite-On CD-R/RW 48x12x48x

Aug 17, 2002, 12:27 AM	#3
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	in my experience UberLord is correct. Installing via 4in1's ver. 1.38 added UDMA 6 support for my Maxtor ATA133 hdd. I got a very nice 29% bandwidth increase by doing it! I though man I'll do the same with my other pc with the samsung 7200 ATA 100. Got absolutely zero performance gain. Attribute it to no UDMA 6 support with an ATA 100 drive.