Jules
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As the subject line sugests, upon boot it shows my C drive as being ATA133 but my D drive as being ATA100 - and I expect this is why anything on the D drive takes longer than it used to.
I've looked through the BIOS and can't see anywhere that relates.
The D drive in question is a Samsung SP2514N (250GB) http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP2514N.htm and as you can see it says the data transfer rate is 133, yet mine seems to be only 100.
The two drive are on the same channel using 133 cables - so any idea why?
The only think I can think is if the section of cable between the master and slave drive plugs is faulty?
Clutching at straws I know 
[Edited on 07-08-2006 by Jules]
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mooney
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isnt there a jumper on the back of the hdd that makes the drive 133 to 100 so it can be used with older m/b?
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Jules
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Only jumpers are to set for Master, Slave or Cable Select, both are set to cable select.
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Adam
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set one master, 1 slave, that will help
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DarkBahamut
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The ATA difference wouldnt effect speed anyway, Even todays fastest drives only transfer at about 70-75MB/sec, if that, so ATA100 wouldnt hold them back at all apart from the tiny initial burst rate from the cache (which is effectively nothing). Hell, even ATA66 would hardly slow them down.
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