Re: Problems with PIO, Maxtor 160Gb and A7A266 with Ali chipset

After checking with my motherboards (Intel Silver Reef D845PESV)
manual it seems to support UDMA mode 5 (ATA100) only..Sorry for my
confusion.. Aida32 reports both Maxtor drives ATA Device Properties as:
Model ID Maxtor 6Y200P0
Serial Number Y64EN41E
Revision YAR41BW0
Parameters 395136 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per
sector
LBA Sectors 398297088
Buffer 7936 KB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 57
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Unformatted Capacity 194481 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Supported
48-bit LBA Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Supported

ATA Device Physical Info
Manufacturer Maxtor
Hard Disk Family DiamondMax Plus 9
Form Factor 3.5"
Formatted Capacity 200 GB
Disks 3
Recording Surfaces 5
Physical Dimensions 146.1 x 101.6 x 26.1 mm
Max. Weight 630 g
Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Interface Ultra-ATA/133
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 133 MB/s
Buffer Size 8 MB

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Maxtor Corporation
Product Information http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/

Model ID Maxtor 6B250R0
Serial Number B60FP6RH
Revision BAH41B10
Parameters 486344 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per
sector
LBA Sectors 490234752
Buffer 16 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 57
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Unformatted Capacity 239372 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Supported
48-bit LBA Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Supported

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Maxtor Corporation
Product Information http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/
Check it out here..
http://aumha.net/downloads/aida32.zip
If this is your mainboard it only supports UDMA/33/66/100 PIO 3/4 support??
http://www.ocworkbench.com/hardware/asus/a7a266/a7a266reviewp2.htm
j;-/

"DougCuk" wrote:

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> Both these drives are UDMA 6 (ATA133) and autoconfigure as such - and
> run error free when run as single drives. The point of my post was that
> when run in a dual drive config on the same cable they exhibit an
> unstable interaction which causes symptoms similar to those described
> throughout this thread.
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