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SATA HDD prob

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/sata-hdd-prob.36813/

J
Jitin Original post #1
Sep 19, 2006 at 6:40 PM
Hello all
I got a AMD 64 bit 3000+
GA-K8N51GMF-9 mobo
512 mb ram
bought a new 160 GB Sata
booting from it
also attached is a 160 GB ATA
now the speed of SATA disk is very slow
applications take a lot of time to open
boooting is slow
Is there any problem is using ATA disk with SATA
Regards
S
suman2005 #2
Sep 24, 2006 at 12:04 PM
Check in Device Manager if the SATA HDD is running in DMA mode ... if it is shown as PIO mode then from Device Manager Uninstall the Channel to which SATA HDD is attached and on reboot the SATA HDD should work in DMA mode at normal speeds.