Win2k not using Ultra ATA?

[Guest]

Hi, I have managed to work out all the kinks in Win 2000 on my computer except for one. I have an Asus K7V, Athlon Classic 850, GF2, 128 MB of RAM, and Seagate 18G HDD that supports UltraATA 66. The problem is that in Win2000 my hard drive churns ENDLESSLY. I will more often than not time out from a half-life server while my computer is trying to churn out the map. I've looked under the Device manager and under my "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers/VIA Bus Master Ultra ATA Controller" as well as the "VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel" and I have been unable to find the "Use ATA66 if available tab" It's not that I can't find it, it is that is isn't there. I've seen numerous guides detailing where it is, and it isn't on my system. I've installed SP2, the VIA 4in1 drivers, and all other relevant drivers, and it hasn't helped at all. Anyone know what is going on?

 

[Guest]

On my system the settings you are refering to aren't under VIA Bus Master IDE but are under the Primary and Secondary IDE Channel, Advanced Settings TAB. Here you get the option of PIO or DMA if available. It also tells you if DMA is being used. Is this what your looking for?

To be honest, I haven't seen much difference between any of the modes. If your hard disk is working that hard I'd wonder if you are either low on memory or have a bad driver. I tried Win2k with 64 meg and it was slow like you describe. 128 meg is ok and 312 is even better.

Even the simplest things can be impossible...

 

[lhgpoobaa]

I would hazard a guess that the via drivers (4in1) have buggered your devices.
i had BIG problems when i installed the via 4in1 4.28 drivers, namely my drives being called SCSI and my hard disk churning alot on certain apps.

your controllers should read
Primary ide master
secondary ide master
via bus master controller. (or something like that)
if it says via more than once then something is wrong. get the latest via drivers from www.via.com.
see if that helps. it did for me (after a complete reinstall too just to be sure)

Hamster

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[Spdy_Gonzales]

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to a Asus CUSL2-C mother board. It was ATA100 capable but it only recognized my ATA66 WD HDD as a type 2. At first, I thought it was a driver problem, but it turned out to be the HDD. WD has a utility download at their web site called "Data Lifeguard Tools" which allows you to set the UDMA capability of the HDD. I ran the utility and bingo...the BIOS now detects the HDD as type 4 (ATA66). Maybe there is a similar utility for the Seagate HDD.

I wonder...what is the speed of gravity?