Recent content by rustamabd

No update, sorry. Still putting up with SATA1 mode. Panasonic support was unhelpful. At one time wanted to write a driver to programmatically enable SATA2, but never got around to do it :(

Tried to find another BIOS version, but apparently that doesn't exist (yet) for a Toughbook F8. And no its not in PIO mode, the CPU is pretty much idling during I/O tests. PIO/DMA distinction exists only in IDE mode, it doesn't exist in AHCI mode, which is what is being used (verified in both...

Hi all, Before I proceed, a quick note: please do not recommend setting the jumpers on the drive, as there aren't any. I have a Panasonic toughbook CF-F8 laptop with an ICH9M-E SATA controller, in which I recently installed a SATA-300 capable SSD. The drive is capable of speeds of up to...