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February 7th, 2008 19:00

UDMA on or off?

In my Dell 4300, the BIOS currently has the IDE UDMA setting as OFF

 

I am replacing an old 20GB drive with a newer one ( say 120GB IDE).

 

I had assumed I should be turning on ON.

 

However I read conflicting advice ie

  • OFF: "Make sure that your BIOS settings are not configured to force faster UDMA modes"
  • ON : "UDMA (fast access for your IDE drives) off ..I can't see why you would ever choose this option. The performance is terrible without it."

Whats the correct setting for a newer drive?

 

 

 

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February 8th, 2008 03:00

I would turn it on.  Windows generally turns it off if there is a problem.

Peter
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