Well I just added a WD Ultra ATA-66 hard drive to my
setup. I have an Intel 810 chipset, am I in trouble??
Not knowing much about hardware timing and all!
vern
PS. It's on a ASUS mobo that HP hacked for the Pavilion
series of PC's, HP also hacked the BIOS so I can't turn
off the on board video! :-(
Civileme wrote:
>
> tal amir wrote:
> >
> > Yes it is.... :-)
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 6/15/00, 2:35:45 PM, "Cecil Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > regarding [expert] Promise ATA-66:
> >
> > > Is the Promise ATA-66 supported in 7.1? Thanks in advance,
> >
> > > Cecil
>
> Yes, it is, BUT
>
> ABIT B_6 boards require special LILO settings for their
> installation on ATA66 to work properly
>
> Anything but the newest WD disks will give you all sorts of
> errors if you set them to DMA/UDMA
>
> Some board chipsets do not work well with the PCI controller
> card.
>
> So, knowing those things, prepare for an education in BIOSes and
> HDDs and Disk controllers if you are in the 40% who need to do
> special things.
>
> Civileme
