A7V333 'n' HD Speed

teedius · 9th April 2002, 10:46 AM

Has anyone ran sandra testing on a a7v333 with a wd1800 drive? BIOS picks the drive up as udma 4 (which is ata66 I think)..but in the sandra testing, it's only getting a similar speed rating less than an ATA33 drive!!

The thing is that I'm sure on my old board (a7v - first one (100fsb)) picked it up as udma5, and did get a similiar speed rating compared to an ata100 drive.

Any idea what's up? The drive is on it's own, so it's not being slowed by a cdrom or something....

Cheers
Gav

Oh..and it's using a ATA100 cable....i'm using the rounded shielded clear (but also tried it on another rounded white (the same one as i used on the a7v100) and the cables that come with the board, and they're all the same.

9th April 2002, 10:46 AM	#1
teedius Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wenty, Sydney Posts: 82	A7V333 'n' HD Speed Has anyone ran sandra testing on a a7v333 with a wd1800 drive? BIOS picks the drive up as udma 4 (which is ata66 I think)..but in the sandra testing, it's only getting a similar speed rating less than an ATA33 drive!! The thing is that I'm sure on my old board (a7v - first one (100fsb)) picked it up as udma5, and did get a similiar speed rating compared to an ata100 drive. Any idea what's up? The drive is on it's own, so it's not being slowed by a cdrom or something.... Cheers Gav Oh..and it's using a ATA100 cable....i'm using the rounded shielded clear (but also tried it on another rounded white (the same one as i used on the a7v100) and the cables that come with the board, and they're all the same. Last edited by teedius; 9th April 2002 at 11:14 AM.