Re: Abysmal PATA IDE performance

[Stephen Clark]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> > ata2.01: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
> > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 <==== why isn't this 66 or 100 ?
> > ===============****
> >    
>
>
> you need a different cable for udma66 than you need for udma33; and a
> certain capacitor to be able to autodetect which you have...
> maybe your laptop maker saved himself $0.05 ;)
>  
There is no cable the disk plugs directly into the MB.
How can I force this to udma 66 or higher - the ide driver accepted  
idex=ata66 to control this.

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