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  1. August 27th, 2002, 10:52 PM #1
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    ATA 133 and 100

    i have an MSI 850 Pro (MS-6339) Mainboard that's running an ATA 100 hard drive. my question is, if i add a ATA 133 HDD to run master to the ATA 100, will both drives default to 100? will a controller card enable 133 for the master and 100 for the slave? also, is there a big difference between ATA 133 and 100?
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  2. August 27th, 2002, 11:27 PM #2
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    Not really but ATA133 allows you to break the 137Gig limit.
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  3. August 27th, 2002, 11:53 PM #3
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    another question, if i use an ATA 133 controller card on my 100mhz bus motherboard, will it be able to take advantage of the ATA 133 or does my motherboard have to have a bus speed of 133mhz too?
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  4. August 28th, 2002, 12:21 AM #4
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  5. August 28th, 2002, 02:02 AM #5
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    Originally posted by moonduck22
    another question, if i use an ATA 133 controller card on my 100mhz bus motherboard, will it be able to take advantage of the ATA 133 or does my motherboard have to have a bus speed of 133mhz too?
    I've got Promise TX2 Ultra133 ATA controller cards in both my older BX motherboarded computers (one is an ASUS P2B-F and the other is an ASUS P2B-D) and have seen (and proven with SiSoft's Sandra) a big increase in speed over my old ATA66 drives. It was worth the extra $40 per computer for the Promise cards...
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  6. September 18th, 2002, 09:18 PM #6
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    Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff


    I've got Promise TX2 Ultra133 ATA controller cards in both my older BX motherboarded computers (one is an ASUS P2B-F and the other is an ASUS P2B-D) and have seen (and proven with SiSoft's Sandra) a big increase in speed over my old ATA66 drives. It was worth the extra $40 per computer for the Promise cards...
    He is comparing ata 100 and 133, not 66 and 133
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  7. September 19th, 2002, 04:52 AM #7
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    Originally posted by ClickHere2Surf.com


    He is comparing ata 100 and 133, not 66 and 133
    Clickhere I think you missed the point.

    The point is that a controller card gets around the motherboard chipset limitations.
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