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Subject: Re: Asus K8N-E and slow disk transfer
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Ganael Laplanche wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> I've just bought an ASUS K8N-E mobo. I'm using FreeBSD-5.3-Stable (amd6=
4) and
> suffering from *very* slow disk transfer rates. The chipset is an nforc=
e3 and is
> correctly detected at boot :
>=20
> # dmesg
> [...]
> atapci0: <nVidia nForce3 Pro UDMA133 controller> port
> 0xffa0-0xffaf,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 8.0 on pci =
0
> [...]
>=20
> My disk is an UDMA100 one, everything seems to be correct :
> # atacontrol mode 0
> Master =3D UDMA100
> Slave  =3D BIOSPIO
>=20

   If you have a New and an OLD disk on  the same ATA chanell ;
  Do you have an old 40 lead or an new 80 lead ATA cable ?

  80 lead cable is a requirement f=F6r UDMA100 !

//Lars