* Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [010506 15:25]: }=}Curtis Rey wrote: }=} }=}> I believe Dave Smith is essentially correct about the issues. A person will }=}> see a reasonable and noticable increase in HDD response time more with drives }=}> that run at 7200rpms, combine this with a ATA/udma 66/100 drive and you will }=}> notice a difference. However, if you have a standard or 5400 rpm drive with }=}> ata/udma 66/100 then the increase in speed/performance will be minimal. The }=}> real increase comes from the seek-time and speed of the drive - 7200 rpms is }=}> the real ticket. Also the HDD buffers help because it will load/cache of }=}> data that is ready to go when called (e.g 2 or 4 MB HDD buffer/cache is }=}> better the 512KB - excuse my mixing of term "buffer" and "cache", can't }=}> remember the exact term for this feature - i believe it's a buffer but not }=}> sure). }=} }=}My drive is a 7200RPM Maxtor ATA100 30GB model, so I assume from what you say }=}that I'd realize the benefits of an ATA100 controller. }=} }=}When my system boots up, one of the messages I see is: }=} }=} Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx }=} }=}Since the mobo claims 33/66, should I be inserting the override? How would }=}that decision be affected by the presence of an ATA100 PCI controller? Nope, they all do this. It has something to do with IDE vs ISA or so I was told by Andre Hedrick..the guy who writes 99% of the IDE code in the kernel. Mine says it too...even though I have 2 drives on the ATA66 controller and 1 on the ATA100 Promise controller. It was the same message when I had my K6-III mb. -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.