Re: Abysmal PATA IDE performance

[Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us>]

Stephen Clark wrote:

>Arjan van de Ven wrote:
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>>>ata2.01: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
>>>ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 <==== why isn't this 66 or 100 ?
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>>you need a different cable for udma66 than you need for udma33; and a
>>certain capacitor to be able to autodetect which you have...
>>maybe your laptop maker saved himself $0.05 ;)
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>There is no cable the disk plugs directly into the MB.
>How can I force this to udma 66 or higher - the ide driver accepted  
>idex=ata66 to control this.
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Also the specs for the laptop say it supports ide 100MBps (Ultra DMA 5).
Datová propustnost k IDE:   100 MBps (Ultra DMA 5)

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