I have a msi- pro 2 Mobo and i have a Maxtor d740x ata133,I had it on the mobo IDE till to day .I get a moxtor PCI 133 card. the the PCI card it telling me the HDD is in mode 6, but i have tested with HD tech and HDDbench, and there was not any difference in the sped at all... the new card did just as good the the mobo did. 43.MB p/s and that is it. why is this ATA133 should be faster.

Welcome to getting suckered into the world of marketing. It cracks me up that the current ATA 100 standard is not even up to par. Compare an ATA 66 to an ATA 100 and the difference is very, very, very, small. Anyways, it is to much to go into but at the current time true ATA 100/133 speeds are not going to happen, at least not on a IDE chain. Laters, KTTD

What UDMA mode does XP say you're running?

where do i look? that card says that is is mode 6 but as far as XP i dont know??? also i know ATA100/133 dont meat what thay say BUT ata133 sould be at least a 25MB/PS difference ?...

according to SiSoft Sandra Pro 2002 ***** Start of Report ***** --------- >> --------- Program Name: SiSoftware Sandra Professional Program Version: 2002.1.8.59 Registered User: Danial Lee Smith Registered Company: PC-PROz Report Done By: Danial Lee Smith Host Name: DANIALS-PC System ID: FCEC555F-544D-405b-BE76-B93E2D30E5B6 Run ID: B1AC46E2-B9E3-44b2-A132-9C8DB1E962C3 Report Done On: Thursday, May 16, 2002 Report Done At: 3:36:44 PM >> --------- > > Channel: Master Type: ATA Removable Device: No Model: MAXTOR 6L040J2 Revision: A93.0500 Serial Number: 362202325960 ATAPI Version: 62.21 Cache Buffer Type: Multi-Sector with Read Cache Cache Buffer Size: 1819kB (3639 sectors) Unformatted Bytes Per Sector: 21298 Unformatted Bytes Per Track: 32256 CHS Geometry: 16383 x 16 x 63 CHS Total Sectors: 16514064 LBA Total Sectors: 78177792 Number of ECC Bytes: 4 Disk Capacity: 37.3GB CHS Geometry: 16383 x 16 x 63 CHS Total Sectors: 16514064 MFM Encoding: No Synchronised Drive Motor: No Supports Track Offset: No Supports Data Strobe Offset: No Disk Speed Tolerance: SMART Support: Yes Security Support: Yes Power Management Support: Yes Packet Command Interface: No Removable Media: No Look-Ahead Buffer: Yes Write-Back Cache: Yes Host Protect Area: Yes Microcode Update: Yes SMART Enabled: Yes Security Enabled: No Power Management Enabled: Yes Look-Ahead Buffer Enabled: Yes Write-Back Cache Enabled: Yes Host Protect Area Enabled: Yes Version: 1.01 ATA Commands Support: Yes ATAPI Commands Support: Yes SMART Commands Support: Yes Maximum Block Transfer: 16 Transfer Width: 16-bit Max PIO Mode: PIO-4 Max DMA MW Mode: MWDMA-2 Max UDMA Mode: UDMA-6 Current Block Transfer: 16 Current Active Mode: UDMA-6 --------- ***** End of Report *****

> Device Type: Other Mass Storage Controller Device ID: Device 9 on Bus 0, Function 0 Windows Device Name: Windows XP Maxtor Ultra ATA 133 IDE Controller OEM Device Name: Promise Technology PDC20269 EIDE Controller OEM Hardware ID: FUN_0, VEN_105A, DEV_4D69, REV_02 Product Device Name: Promise Technology PDC20269 EIDE Controller Product Hardware ID: VEN_105A, DEV_4D68 Revision / Stepping: A / 3 (2) Version: 1.00 Supports Clock Slow-down: Yes Supports D1 PM State: Yes Supports D2 PM State: No Supports PME#: No Supports PME Clock: No Line Cache Size: 8 bytes Latency Timer: 96 clocks I/O Access: Yes Memory Access: Yes Bus Master Capable: Yes Special Cycle Recognition: No Memory Write & Invalidate: No VGA Palette Snoop: No Parity Error Response: No Address/Data Stepping: No System Error Line: No Fast back-to-back Transactions: No Detects Parity Errors: No Supports System Error Line: No Supports Parity Line: No User Defined Format: No PCI 66MHz Bus Support: Yes New Capability List: Yes Device Select Timing: Slow Multi-Function Device: No Header Type: 00 Programming Interface: 85 I/O Port: 0000E800 I/O Port: 0000E400 I/O Port: 0000E000 I/O Port: 0000DC00 I/O Port: 0000D800 Memory Address: DFFFC000 IRQ Line: 16 INT Pin: A# Expansion ROM: DFFE0000 Dynamic Management: Yes