ATA66- How Do I know if it's actually working?

[dannybones]

I have a quntum 10GB 7200 RPM drive-- it seems to be not much faster than my old 5400 RPM ATA 33. How can I check to be sure that the drive is actually operating in ATA-66 mode? Is there a diagnostic?

 

[edfair]

About 3 pages down (dated 11/29) is a post that should help.

Ed Fair
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[Karl Blessing]

it just might be that your harddrive can go that fast, but other parts of your system might be a bottleneck, making it not able to move any faster (for example Rams+CPU could cause it, or Ultra DMA being turned off)
Karl
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http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=629151

 

[tomw]

Also, you have to have the correct cable, a high-density (80 pin) IDE cable to support ATA 66 or higher...Even if all other components are available and configured properly.

Standard IDE cables are 40 pins.

Tom Whitehead
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