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May 8th, 2005 21:00

Does Dimension 4600 Support NCQ?

I was thinking of upgrading the hard drive in my Dimension 4600.  I know the mobo has two SATA ports.  But, what about NCQ support?  I was thinking of going with a Seagate 120GB with NCQ.  Of course, it makes no sense to do so if the system doesn't recognize it.  Thank you.

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May 9th, 2005 16:00

I belive the 4600 uses the  865PE Chipset.  According to the below article from Intel, this MB would not support it.  Also all of this info was easily found searching www.google.com

Note: In order to take advantage of NCQ, you need: Intel® 915, 910, or Intel® 925X Express Chipset (ICH6R) OR Mobile Intel 915 or 910 Express Chipset, Intel® Application Accelerator version 4.0 or later, and a hard drive which supports NCQ.

 
Regards,
 
David

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May 9th, 2005 16:00

Dell Inspiron 5100 P4 2.4 512MB DDR 30 GB 4200 2MB,32mb Radeon

Dell Inspiron 5160 P4 2.8 1 GIGMB DDR 40 GB 5400 8MB A/B/G 1450 Card,Geforce togo 5200 64mb DDR

Dell Dimension 4700 p4 3.0 1 Gig MB DDR 80 GB, 250 GB 16MB,128 PCI-Express,SB Live,1905FP,Logitech x530 5.1,Logitech MX700 wireless Keyboard and mouse

Athlon xp1800 KG7 RAID 160 GB 8mb,250GB
8MB,Audigy,Radeon 8500 128mb DDR, USR 56k,650 WATT PSU,lots of lights and fans

I belive the 4600 uses the  865PE Chipset.  According to the below article from Intel, this MB would not support it.  Also all of this info was easily found searching www.google.com

Note: In order to take advantage of NCQ, you need: Intel® 915, 910, or Intel® 925X Express Chipset (ICH6R) OR Mobile Intel 915 or 910 Express Chipset, Intel® Application Accelerator version 4.0 or later, and a hard drive which supports NCQ.

 
Regards,
 
David

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May 9th, 2005 17:00

I also looked on Dells site. 
 
Processor Specifications
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology (Up to 3.40GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB and Intel® 865 chipset)
 
  Specifications - Processor Specifications
 
And it does show the 865 Chipset is correct.  So I think that is the correct information for your situation.  Glad I could help.  I have been reading here for a while and finally created a user name. 
 
Regards,
 
David
 
Dell Inspiron 5100 P4 2.4 512MB DDR 30 GB 4200 2MB,32mb Radeon

Dell Inspiron 5160 P4 2.8 1 GIGMB DDR 40 GB 5400 8MB A/B/G 1450 Card,Geforce togo 5200 64mb DDR

Dell Dimension 4700 p4 3.0 1 Gig MB DDR 80 GB, 250 GB 16MB,128 PCI-Express,SB Live,1905FP,Logitech x530 5.1,Logitech MX700 wireless Keyboard and mouse

Athlon xp1800 KG7 RAID 160 GB 8mb,250GB
8MB,Audigy,Radeon 8500 128mb DDR, USR 56k,650 WATT PSU,lots of lights and fans

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May 9th, 2005 17:00

Thank you, David.  I'm sure you're correct, nevertheless, earlier this morning I had a chat with Dell support who assured me that the Dimension 4600 does, in fact, support NCQ.  I was skeptical.  Thanks for the confirmation.
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