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Metaxas
04-04-2003, 04:37 AM
Ok, my drive (Maxtor ATA133 40Gig HDD) is "stuck" on UDMA2 and it WILL NOT go any higher, it will go lower...(ugh) but nothing available over mode 2.

Open terminal.

su - root
**************

hdparm /dev/hda - to see what's up
hdparm -i /dev/hda - to see more of what's up

First I did this:
hdparm -c3 /dev/hda - it took it, and no problems. (Was on 16-bit...ugh.)
hdparm -d1 - that was already flagged, so no probs there.
hdparm -X68 /dev/hda - says its changing it...it doesn't.
hdparm -X67 /dev/hda - says its changing it...it doesn't.
hdparm -X65 /dev/hda - says its changing it...it DOES.
hdparm -X64 /dev/hda - says its changing it...it DOES.

Also tried a variation:
hdparm -Xudma5 /dev/hda - says its changing it...it doesn't.
And so on, and so fourth.

My bios (Asus A7N8X Delux) is setup properly.
My drive itself is setup properly.

Copy and past of hdparm /dev/hda:
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 3 (32-bit w/sync)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4866/255/63, sectors = 78177792, start = 0

Copy and paste of hdparm -i /dev/hda
Model=MAXTOR 6L040L2, FwRev=A93.0500, SerialNo=662210832867
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1819kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=78177792
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1: 1 2 3 4 5

Any ideas?