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April 27th, 2007 21:00

interface speed?

How do I find the interface speed between a hard drive and PC?
  • mombodog

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    Posted April 30th, 2007 02:00

    It can be found in the device manager, properties for the IDE or Sata controllers, most hard drives are UDMA 5 or 6 these days.
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    Posted May 1st, 2007 04:00

    Thanks for the reply.  My Primary IDE channel is mode 5, and secondary is only mode 2.  Im not sure why they are different (?) but does this mean that if I am going to install another hard drive I should look for one that is ultra ata-100?  Thanks again for any help on this.
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    Posted May 1st, 2007 13:00

    Mode 2 usually means a cd/dvd rom drive is installed on that channel. Yes ATA100, some are sold as ATA133 but there is no real difference between the two. 
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    Posted May 1st, 2007 20:00

    Buy Seagate brand, they have a 5 year warranty.
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    Posted May 1st, 2007 20:00

    Great, thank you very much.