On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:50:46 -0600, "Bill in Co."
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I probably should look for some utility that actually can report the truth
(and not just what the BIOS screen allows me to select there), as my system
IS capable of running in Ultra Mode 5. (And the newer P11 Intel BIOS
recognizes that, but it is incompatible with this microprocessor upgrade -
already BTDT).

How about SmartUDM? It's a DOS application, so it should tell you how
the drive is configured after the POST.

Here are some example reports from my PCs:

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SmartUDM/120GB.RPT

HDD 1 Model: ST3120026A (Athlon XP 2500 CPU)

PIO Mode Support: 4
SW DMA Mode Support: None
MW DMA Mode Support: 2, Active: None
UDMA Mode Support: 5 (UltraDMA/100), Active: 5

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SmartUDM/13GB.RPT

HDD 1 Model: ST313021A (socket 7 motherboard)

PIO Mode Support: 4
SW DMA Mode Support: None
MW DMA Mode Support: 2, Active: None
UDMA Mode Support: 4 (UltraDMA/66), Active: 2

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/SmartUDM/6GB.RPT

HDD 2 Model: FUJITSU MPE3064AT (Athlon XP 2500, IIRC)

PIO Mode Support: 4
SW DMA Mode Support: None
MW DMA Mode Support: 2, Active: None
UDMA Mode Support: 4 (UltraDMA/66), Active: 4

- Franc Zabkar
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