On 11/6/08, Cory Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh wise nerds on the PDML, lend me your smartz, > I have an old AMD K6-2 computer here. I'm using it as a file storage box > but my transfer speed is like 5-8 Mbps (ugh). The motherboard's NIC is a > 10/100 version so it should be faster. Somebody suggested the bottleneck is > likely to be my motherboard's antiquated IDE interface (non UDMA). Since I > have open PCI slots, could I get a IDE controller card (like $12) and enjoy > the breezy speeds of the PCI bus? > What say ye?
Check the DMA settings in the BIOS and at the OS level on the existing HD controllers. They should at least support UDMA/33, but on a machine that old you may have to turn on DMA manually on each IDE channel/target. You could also get the $12 controller card, but that will complicate things as far as the boot process and OS drivers are concerned. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
