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I get these info. with Everest but i don't understand if my chipset is a 686A or 686B one (it seems to be a something_else_A one). But i don't know which UDMA (2/4/5) mode is finally supported ? And why only ATA33 works ? Another Info: Supported and Current mode is only related to the capabilities o...

VIA 686A/B is only ATA-66 capable. Thanks for this info. So let's try ATA66 instead of ATA33. Has the drive been limited to ATA-33 somehow? NO. If i limit the HDD to ATA33 (with some Hitachi software for testing purpose), HD Tune tells that the supported mode is ATA33. If i restore everything to de...

Hi everyone ! I got a brand new (03/2005) Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 (60GB / ATA100 / 7200RPM / 2"1/2) HDD on a damn old (1998) good Compaq Presario 1200 (12XL409) notebook. The main problem is : the HDD works well but only in ATA33 mode and i want it to work in ATA100 mode (or even ATA66). I tried al...