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  1. Aug 27th, 2001, 01:40 PM #1
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    Slower computer after installing ATA66 card?

    hey,

    i recently installed ATA66 PCI card onto my comp, and i was expecting it to be faster than my existing configuration...
    to my surprise using ATA66 is actualy SLOWER than before, any ideas why? i;m using this special cable and everything.

    ex: it takes forever to load IE after PCI card....

    thanks for help.
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    Any special drivers needed?
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  3. Aug 27th, 2001, 01:47 PM #3
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    i did install drivers that came with the card, and i also completed this article from MS

    i'm really lost in this one...
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    Theoretically, you shouldn't even need the drivers...
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  6. Aug 27th, 2001, 01:55 PM #5
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    Re: Slower computer after installing ATA66 card?

    Originally posted by ShIzO
    hey,

    i recently installed ATA66 PCI card onto my comp, and i was expecting it to be faster than my existing configuration...
    to my surprise using ATA66 is actualy SLOWER than before, any ideas why? i;m using this special cable and everything.

    ex: it takes forever to load IE after PCI card....

    thanks for help.
    how old is your computer? and in order for the ATA/66 to work your HD has to support it.
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    it's not that old:

    P3-450
    300Mb RAM
    40GB HD (bought it couple months ago) - it supports ATA100!!!
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  8. Aug 27th, 2001, 02:25 PM #7
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    yeah but is the mother board old, because it should already be at ATA/66 on the board itself.
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  9. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:03 PM #8
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    I've got a Promise UDMA 66 card (my mobo only supports 33 without it). HDD is a 66 IBM Deskstar GXP. Computer work a lot faster with the card!
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    Originally posted by filburt1
    Theoretically, you shouldn't even need the drivers...
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  12. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:16 PM #10
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    Originally posted by filburt1
    and how does a pci card work without drivers?
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  13. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:17 PM #11
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    Theoretically, you shouldn't even need the drivers...
    you do for win 9x, but not for 2k.
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    Originally posted by scoutt

    and how does a pci card work without drivers?
    Hehe, I had an ISA card that worked without drivers. It does some stuff at bootup by itself.
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  15. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:20 PM #13
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    Originally posted by filburt1
    Hehe, I had an ISA card that worked without drivers. It does some stuff at bootup by itself.
    maybe it loads a TSR...?
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    Originally posted by filburt1


    Hehe, I had an ISA card that worked without drivers. It does some stuff at bootup by itself.
    All PCI/ISA cards use drivers, but they might be built into windows.

    I'm bringing geeky back...
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  17. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:41 PM #15
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    no since on arguing with him, he knows it all, bcasue he has big bad win2K on his computer.
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    you know it!
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    Originally posted by chrisjk
    I've got a Promise UDMA 66 card (my mobo only supports 33 without it). HDD is a 66 IBM Deskstar GXP. Computer work a lot faster with the card!
    i've got the same card!
    can you tell me how you've configured your comp to work with it?
    in details if you could, please.
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  20. Aug 27th, 2001, 03:53 PM #18
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    Well, it was some years ago, but from what I remember, all I did was plug the card in and attach the HDD to it using the supplied 80-pin cable. The BIOS was quite happy reading from the HDD straight away, a screen comes up everytime you boot saying it's been found and there is a HDD attched to slot 1 etc etc.
    When in Windows, it said it had found an IDE Controller, inserted the supplied driver disk, and everything was fine.

    I can't go into any more detail because that was it, I've only had a problem with it once before when it said "Could not find Operating System" or something like that, which was remedied by a reboot.
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    thats strange,

    mine seems to be working fine (reads/writes) but it is a bit slower than before...... unless my MB supports ATA100 and i didn't know....
    i dont know if that's possible..... i bought it almost 2 years ago....
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    Originally posted by scoutt
    no since on arguing with him, he knows it all, bcasue he has big bad win2K on his computer.
    What's wrong with that? My ISA card worked under Windows 3.1, no TSRs required.
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  23. Aug 27th, 2001, 04:10 PM #21
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    Originally posted by ShIzO
    thats strange,

    mine seems to be working fine (reads/writes) but it is a bit slower than before...... unless my MB supports ATA100 and i didn't know....
    i dont know if that's possible..... i bought it almost 2 years ago....
    Well, maybe the mobo was already 66, so putting in the card slowed it...it's probably slower than a true 66 mobo
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    Originally posted by filburt1
    What's wrong with that? My ISA card worked under Windows 3.1, no TSRs required.
    Win2k is pretty big and bad
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    I've never had a major problem with it. Ever. No joking at all.
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  26. Aug 27th, 2001, 04:13 PM #24
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    with what?
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