40/80GB : 11/19/97-i440LX-SMC67x-2A69JSWAC-00

Sat May 10, 2003 1:41 am

It's possible you have to disable UDMA5 mode on that 80GB Maxtor. They have an utility to do that. The bios thinks the chipset can handle this mode but it cannot...

FrenchUser · Sat May 10, 2003 7:35 am

well

how can I do this ?

I've found utilities for downgrading ATA100 drives to ATA33, but nothing about UDMA5, and nothing for ATA133 drives

I can also disable UDMA in the bios, then i will see thaht with the drive who must work on ths motherboard

thanks

Sat May 10, 2003 10:55 pm

edwin wrote:It's possible you have to disable UDMA5 mode on that 80GB Maxtor. They have an utility to do that. The bios thinks the chipset can handle this mode but it cannot...

Apple_rom's patcher bp which I used on this is supposed to fix the UDMA problem, so it will be interesting to see if that is the issue.

@French: The 3-times memory test is not a bug, it's a feature writing different test patterns and as you cleared the CMOS I guess that is the default. You found the way to get around it, anyway.

The same utility which changes from UDMA100 to UDMA33 should set the maximum transfer rate for the UDMA133 drive as well; I believe the command set is the same in ATA5 or ATA6.

FrenchUser · Tue May 13, 2003 2:13 pm

no more problems

i've installed Mandrake 9 and windows 98 on a Maxtor ATA100 60go

and today i'm testing with a Maxtor DiamondMax 8 ATA133 40 go it seems OK

you can add this bios to your list of succesfully moded bios

thank you very much

old and latest hardwares are not a problem with Nicks

Tue May 13, 2003 5:43 pm

Thanks for the feedback !

FrenchUser · Tue May 13, 2003 11:30 pm