Greetings.
I recently picked up the Maxtro DiamondMax 5120 20 GB 7200RPM hard drive. Running HDTach, I get results much lower than the DiamondMax 2500+ that serves as my main drive. It seems that DMA mode is active for the 20 Gig drive.
Now, I *believe* the problem is due to my IDE cable. On my 2500+ drive, I have an Ultracable on the 1st IDE connector. I'm ordering another Ultracable for the 20 Gig drive (on the 2nd IDE channel) but I wanted to be sure that I'm not overlooking another solution. Any ideas?
DrFaust
I recently picked up the Maxtro DiamondMax 5120 20 GB 7200RPM hard drive. Running HDTach, I get results much lower than the DiamondMax 2500+ that serves as my main drive. It seems that DMA mode is active for the 20 Gig drive.
Now, I *believe* the problem is due to my IDE cable. On my 2500+ drive, I have an Ultracable on the 1st IDE connector. I'm ordering another Ultracable for the 20 Gig drive (on the 2nd IDE channel) but I wanted to be sure that I'm not overlooking another solution. Any ideas?
DrFaust
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