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Androme · 18 Oct 2005, 17:31

The original problem has been solved (in the quote below) but I have one more query.

Maxtor 6L250R0 Diamondmax 10 250GB 7200rpm ATA/133 16MB Cache - OEM

^^ Is that extra 16MB cache just another marketting ploy?

Quote:

I have a MSI 865PE Neo2 Series (MSI-6728 v1.1) mobo and in the manual it states it supports ATA133 on an IDE3 connector but where it's supposed to be, it simply isn't there (wasn't even soldered on) - the motherboard is about 2 years old.

I've just bought an ATA133 hard-drive and a ATA133 cable to go with it. According to the manual, it can only be connected through the IDE3 connector because the IDE1 & IDE2 connectors only supports speeds of up to ATA100

I don't want to have to sacrifice that peak 33MB/s so are there any 'adapters' out there that will allow me to use my ATA133 hard-drive? Btw, this will be used as my master and my ordinary ATA100 IDE drive will become a slave - can this be supported?

Thanks.