Ultra DMA....

[hhh8785]

Does anyone out there know a quick and easy way to find out if a motherboard can support Ultra DMA?

[hd581]

If you have a UDMA hard drive, plug it in, and see what POST says. If not, find out what kind of mobo it is and either look it up or tell us what it is and we'll look it up to find out if the specs say UDMA suppported.

[hhh8785]

I don't have the Hard Drive yet, because i wanted to know if I supported it first. The problem with telling you what kind of mobo it is, is that I can't figure out. All I know is that it is a (crappy) PC Chips mobo. Their website sucks and it doesn't have mine on there. there are a few that are close, but no cigar. Nobody I know can figure it out, because my computer isn't from a company. It was built by some local guys. Is there any way to just look at some things on the mobo and see by that if it supports it?

[socalgal]

http://www.ping.be/bios/

Award and AMI BIOS have a unique BIOS ID (= BIOS Number) which identifies the manufacturer and chipset of the board. Phoenix BIOSs, in most cases, do NOT.

The AMI or Award BIOS id appears at the bottom of your screen after power on, during memory count up. The PAUSE key should work at that point, allowing you to write down the BIOS number, the BIOS date, and the version. You must copy it exactly.

A much easier way to get the Award/AMI BIOS number & possible manufacturer is by using CTBIOS v 1.3. Run it and it'll give you the BIOS number, possible manufacturer and more. If you want to know the name of your chipset you can also download ctpci330.zip.

If you have an AMI BIOS you can also try the AMIBIOS Motherboard ID Utility (written by AMI)

Hope this helps.

[hd581]

Every motherboard I've seen w/out exception has had the brand name and/or model# written on it. There might be a few obsolete ones out there that don't, but I'd bet its on there somewhere. I've looked at a mobo for 30 min until I saw it but it was there. If you have to, take it out.

[hhh8785]

Where would be the most common place it would be? Like if you could even narrow it down to like the tip side or the bottom side it would help.

[hd581]

Dude, it could be anywhere on that friggin thing. Most likely it will be printed in white letters. Most likely it will be on the top: same side as the chip, slots, etc. Get a good flashlight and look for any letters or identifying marks.

Also, notice Socalgal's post. You might want to look up the BIOS information to find out if that tells you.

[This message has been edited by hd581 (edited 06-03-2000).]