Message-Id: <OF9D4D51B5.75801A9D-ON802569BC.003F040C@raytheon.co.uk> From: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:49:51 +0000 Subject: UDMA controller questions...yet again... Hi, I've asked this before, and I've read some reports on the mailing list archives regarding this but I'm still stuck. Is there any way to determine if the UDMA controller is running in mode 5 (UDMA100)??? It works, and it's quick but I really need to know how quick as all I can say at the moment is `it feels quicker than my old ATA33'. Thats bloody useless - even win2k is more helpful (for once). hdparm and bonnie are *not* acceptable as they dont tell you what transfer mode the drive and controller are in AFAIK. Transfer mode is very important!!!! Can someone pull finger-out and write an up to date SDB article on UDMA too so we can clear this up? There are loads of posts in the mailing lists regarding this - mainly people asking the same question I am. Also, the SDB is our first port of call. FYI I'm using an Intel DE815EEA mobo with 2 very nice IBM Deskstar 30G 75GXP disks. This setup is about as standard as it gets as Intel made the chipset and IBM made the disks :) Cheers, - Chris.