Best way to make sure that ata-100 HD is running at ata100?

[pr-man 1]

Running Win2k pro SP4

[duhmez 0]

As long as it is a DMA 100 drive, and you got 80 conductor ribbon, it will be autodetected. To see the current mode however, maybe sisoft sandra will tell you what mode its currently in.

[adamvjackson 0]

ActiveSMART will tell you, as well as reporting the current and worst SMART disk values. Not free, but an evaluation is available for free download.

 

Plus, you can set it up to send you an email, popup, or alert if any of the SMART drive values change tolerances.

 

http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/

[Newumbrella 0]

Use a benchmark software like Hdtach and check the burst speed....

You can look at the burst rate, if using a older board (kt133 for example) with onboard ata controller (promise, highpoint), it'll be lower, around 66-73. If using chipset integrated controller then it should be higher then 80mb/s...like it exceeds wut hdtach can show....

[pr-man 1]

Thanks yeah its working HDtach is maxed out at 80 which means its probably higher than that really. Thx

[Ali 0]

depending on your mobo, it may tell you on startup if it is runnig on UDMA2, 4, 5, or 6. then you can be sure it is running at ATA 100 or whatever.

[pmistry 0]

Right click My Computer,

Click Properties, Hardware Tab, Click Device Manager

Under IDE/ATAPI Controllers, click the channel that the drive is on (Primary or Secondary) and it will be listed there under Current Transfer Mode on the Advanced Settings Tab.

 

Mode 5 = ATA100 and Mode 4 = ATA66, 3 = ATA33, etc

[Ali 0]

Quote:

Right click My Computer,
Click Properties, Hardware Tab, Click Device Manager
Under IDE/ATAPI Controllers, click the channel that the drive is on (Primary or Secondary) and it will be listed there under Current Transfer Mode on the Advanced Settings Tab.

Mode 5 = ATA100 and Mode 4 = ATA66, 3 = ATA33, etc

only problem is mine does not have "Advanced" tab.
only General, Drive, and Resources.