Default hard disk UDMA mode?

[stodge]

I recently bought an 8.?Gb Quantum Fireball drive. THe BIOS detects it as mode UDMA 2. Is this correct default? I dont think the drive access/transfer is as fast as it should be. The PC seems to be freezing during some disk access. I think the disk access might be clashing with some other kind of device access, but I cant track it down.

Specs:

Celeron 400 @ 400
128Mb
ABit BH6
SB Live
Quantum Fireball 8.4Gb? and 3.2Gb
Pioneer 40X CDRom
ATI Rage Fury
Monster 2

thanks

[ssammy]

I believe UDMA 2 is correct. The BH will autodetect the correct mode for your hard drive. The problem might lie in your other drive (if your boot drive is still the 3.2gig).

For maximum speed I would ghost your 3.2 onto your 8 gig and make it the boot drive(some disk makers send a similiar utility with new drives) assuming the newer drive is in fact faster; then I would put your swap space on the 3.2 gig. If that doesn't help we probably need more info regarding your OS configuration to improve your speed.

Regards,

Sam

[stodge]

My OS is just Windows 98. My boot drive is the 8.4Gb drive. They both sit on the primary channel. I forgot to mention that I have a Mitsumi T2600 as well as the Pioneer. So

Primary:
Master - 8.4Gb
Slave - 3.2Gb

Secondary:
Master - Pioneer
Slave - Mitsumi

[reddog4629]

Also in device manager is DMA checked?

[stodge]

Yes it is.

[deep_sky]

try downloading sandra (diagnostic program) and have it bench your hard drives.

you can get it here: www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra (http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra)


good luck!