Pci Ata 100

[scarecrowdr]

Hi Folks, Gone n Finaly Done it....Took out my dreaded PCI USB2.0 n threw it in the corner...Benchmark for the HD on it was 1 (YES 1)
Not got a clue what was wrong n got fed up of getting frustrated with the long wait of things to Open n Install on it....Any way
This is what i have now done......

Lite-On DVD-Rom 166S is Master on the IDE0 (on its own)
NEC 2500A is Master on the IDE1 (Secondary Master) & the
Lite-On CDR/RW Writer is Slave on IDE1
Not yet Tried em out!!

Maxtor 40Gbt with OS on it C: n E: is Master on the First 80pin cable on PCI ATA100, Maxtor 80Gbt is Slave on same cable...Benchmark=C:39Write n 36read......E:37Write n 31read
D:54write n 16read

Maxtor 120Gbt is set to Master on the Other Ribbon Cable but is showing up as "SLAVE"<<<<Any Ideas as to why its showing as SLAVE...Should it not be MASTER!! or Don't it matter..(to me it does) K: 41write n 47read quite fast really...1.2Ghz Athlon....
Thanks All....Ya doing a Great Job as usual....
It is Working Perfectly, as is the Other Hard Drives

[Train]

USB 1.0 1.5 Mbps

USB 1.1 12 Mbps

USB 2.0 low speed 1.5 Mbps

USB 2.0 full speed 12 Mbps

USB 2.0 high speed 480 Mbps



Unfortunately the USB 2 moniker has been somewhat convoluted with marketing shenanigans and manufacturers are advised to drop the low/full/high speed notation so that consumers are not confused which means that a potential USB 1 device can be marketed to be USB 2 because of compatibility reasons.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/20,48.html

Now the 120GB Maxtor jumper is probably on the Slave setting. You are using the 80 wire ide ribbons?

[scarecrowdr]

Hi Train.....Thank you for makeing that a bit more clear for my little Brain...Confuseing is that! but just to give Brain a Shake, is that the same speed or is usb 2 faster!!
It is the correct Wire 80 pin, n conection is on the end..(correct one)..
But what i have noticed is this------After doing checks with progys n looking carefully in the Properties-----The wire I thought was No.1 (like IDE0/IDE1) is actually No.2, so I'm going to change em around n will let u know how it goes...At moment its showeing that my First HD with OS on is Secondary Master rather than Primary!!...Thanks a Lot.....Will let U know if the change over makes a difference........

[scarecrowdr]

Hi Train,--Swaped the cables around in the conection on ATA100 n at boot-Up the comp asked to "Insert OS setup disk" so that was wrong even though that conection is the Primary Master...
Anyway, to cut this short, I ended up takeing the HD out n looking at the blanker to set 'slave n master' n found that on the 120Gbt I did not have one on, (that was Auto Slave) n I did not realise that..Could of sworn I had one on there!
Anyway, i put one on, conected them all up n at boot up it still asked me to insert an OS setup disk......So I just Re-swaped the conectors back to what they were, n the Old Comp FIRED-UP...

I then did a Check to see what was Master n Slave------
Well I'm a little surprised, but guess its this way because my main IDE0 is Primary Master...(if I wrong please correct me)

This is what i got on PCI ATA100----Secondary IDE Channel=Master-Maxtor 40Gbt (OS is on this)
Slave-Maxtor 80Gbt (Photos disk from Digi)

Primary IDE Channel=Master-Maxtor 120Gbt (MP3 Albys)

Should that be other way around or is my brain mixed up here!!?
Anyway, it is ALL Working 100% at moment...Thankfully..
Over to U n Thanks for being Helpfull as Allways....Dennis.

[Train]

What people normally do and what we get to work can sure be different sometimes.

Most folks usually boot to the master on IDE one, Me well with my BIOS I am booting the slave on the IDE2 right now. But take good notes. So you can do it again if necessary.

Glad you are up and running. Good going!

[scarecrowdr]

Thanks Train...All systems is Going good at moo...Until when!!
LOL.....Catch Ya Soon, Take Care..