optimising hard drives

regan1985 · Nov 23, 2006, 05:39 PM

like the titles says is there anyway i can optimise my hard drives in bios by changing things, i have been the opition but i dont know if i should change them or if i can, i have 2 ide drives!!! cheers

Polaris573 · Nov 23, 2006, 07:03 PM

I'm not sure what you mean? What does the option in your BIOS say?

regan1985 · Nov 23, 2006, 07:27 PM

cant remember now ill have 2 check!!!!!!!

regan1985 · Nov 23, 2006, 10:15 PM

ok the option are

type
lba/large mode
PIO
DMA MODE
SMART
32BIT

francis511 · Nov 23, 2006, 10:29 PM

u should turn all of those on except smart and pio.leave pio on auto if u can.smart can slow teh harddrive,but if u have a utility to test for reliability in windoze,then u should leave it on.

regan1985 · Nov 23, 2006, 11:04 PM

i can change dma tho wot should i change that to?

francis511 · Nov 23, 2006, 11:12 PM

there are probably different types of ultra dma.depends on ur hard drive."auto" or
"enabled".if there are options for bus mastering and driving strength those affect
ur hd as well

DanTheBanjoman · Nov 24, 2006, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francis511

there are probably different types of ultra dma.depends on ur hard drive."auto" or
"enabled".if there are options for bus mastering and driving strength those affect
ur hd as well

As far as I know bus mastering isn't an option for the harddrive. It's for PCI devices to allow them to talk to eachother without IRQ.

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Nov 23, 2006, 07:27 PM	#3
regan1985 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Coventry UNI England Posts: 1,416 (0.56/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	cant remember now ill have 2 check!!!!!!!

Nov 23, 2006, 10:15 PM	#4
regan1985 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Coventry UNI England Posts: 1,416 (0.56/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	ok the option are type lba/large mode PIO DMA MODE SMART 32BIT

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francis511 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 2,363 (0.98/day) Thanks: 145 Thanked 277 Times in 257 Posts System Specs	all except smart u should turn all of those on except smart and pio.leave pio on auto if u can.smart can slow teh harddrive,but if u have a utility to test for reliability in windoze,then u should leave it on.

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