P4P800 BIOS HD settings

Hi,

Is there any advantage in using the HD info from the HD manufacturer -
sectors, etc - in the BIOS set-up or is it no different to using just AUTO?

Thanks,


J.

Thanks,

J.


"jaeger" wrote in message
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Auto works fine. I just wondered if there was any benefit in manually
configuring the drive settings?

No, Auto will read the settings correctly and set them. The old days
you're talking about were before the ATA standard, when the various
combinations of controller and drive logic were a little too numerous
for an auto setting.

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Auto works fine. I just wondered if there was any benefit in manually
configuring the drive settings?

The only benefit would be a faster boot up time as the bios dosn't need to
detect settings.
The improvement in boot time is rather little, so i wouldn't bother with it
myself.
I do however manually set the DMA for the drives to ensure it uses Ultra
DMA.


In the 'older days' there was and often you had to otherwise your drive
would not be seen but I wonder what the latest thinking is today?

J.


"jaeger" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
says...
Hi,

Is there any advantage in using the HD info from the HD manufacturer -
sectors, etc - in the BIOS set-up or is it no different to using just
AUTO?

Use Auto, if it doesn't work your drive is probably broken.

As I understand it the P4P800 only uses ATA-100 on the EIDE Channels and
ATA-133 on the RAID Channel? Or do you just set it to the maximum the drive
can support no matter what channel you have it on?

J.


"Clanga" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Auto works fine. I just wondered if there was any benefit in manually
configuring the drive settings?

The only benefit would be a faster boot up time as the bios dosn't need to
detect settings.
The improvement in boot time is rather little, so i wouldn't bother with
it
myself.
I do however manually set the DMA for the drives to ensure it uses Ultra
DMA.


In the 'older days' there was and often you had to otherwise your drive
would not be seen but I wonder what the latest thinking is today?

J.


"jaeger" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
says...
Hi,

Is there any advantage in using the HD info from the HD
manufacturer -
sectors, etc - in the BIOS set-up or is it no different to using
just
AUTO?

Use Auto, if it doesn't work your drive is probably broken.

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
As I understand it the P4P800 only uses ATA-100 on the EIDE Channels and
ATA-133 on the RAID Channel? Or do you just set it to the maximum the
drive
can support no matter what channel you have it on?

J.

You are correct.
The bios should tell you the max that your drive can be set at.
It says that my SATA drive can be set at UDMA-6 (ATA-133), even though the
primary, secondary, third and fourth channels can only be set at a max of
UDMA-5. (ATA-100). I don't think the bios will actually allow you to set DMA
above what your drive is detected at. Take CD-ROM's for example.
I would need to move this drive to the raid channel to use UDMA-6.


"Clanga" wrote in message
...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Auto works fine. I just wondered if there was any benefit in manually
configuring the drive settings?

The only benefit would be a faster boot up time as the bios dosn't need
to
detect settings.
The improvement in boot time is rather little, so i wouldn't bother with
it
myself.
I do however manually set the DMA for the drives to ensure it uses Ultra
DMA.


In the 'older days' there was and often you had to otherwise your
drive
would not be seen but I wonder what the latest thinking is today?

J.


"jaeger" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
says...
Hi,

Is there any advantage in using the HD info from the HD
manufacturer -
sectors, etc - in the BIOS set-up or is it no different to using
just
AUTO?

Use Auto, if it doesn't work your drive is probably broken.