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Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
Frequently Asked Questions
This section lists frequently asked questions involving pre-installation, drive
issues, installation, and post-installation.
Q. What is meant by the following warning that appears in the SATA150
TX2 BIOS?
“[warning] because of 40-conductor cable(s) used, dx would be down
to ultra33 mode. please use 80-conductor cable(s) if ultra66 or above
mode wanted”
A. A 40-wire, 40-pin IDE cable is being used with an Ultra ATA/133 capable
hard drive in the SATA150 TX2 hard drive setup. To access Ultra ATA/133
timing (and take advantage of the full capabilities of your Ultra ATA/133
hard drive), you must use an 80-wire, 40-pin IDE cable. One 80-wire, 40-pin
cable is included with the SATA150 TX2 package. The colored edge of the
cable(s) indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to
the Parallel ATA connector.
Q. How do you determine hard drive performance?
A. During the SATA150 TX2 BIOS, the maximum transfer rate timing of the
hard drive(s) connected to the SATA150 TX2 controller card will be
displayed next to the model name of the hard drive. Example: “D0 Maxtor
4G160H8 LBA 152GB ULTRA DMA 6.”
“D0” identifies the master drive on the parallel ATA port on the SATA150
TX2 controller card. If there is a second drive attached, it will be designated
as D1.
“Maxtor 4G160H8” represents the manufacturer and model name/number.
“LBA” signifies that the drive size is being translated so that the system can
make use of the drive’s full capacity.
“152GB” represents the drive’s capacity.
“ULTRA DMA 6” identifies the maximum transfer rate, which is 133MB/sec.
In the case of Serial ATA drives, the SATA150 TX Series BIOS, the
maximum transfer rate timing is displayed in a similar way. Example: “D0
Seagate ST380023AS LBA 80 GB Serial ATA.”
“D0” identifies the disk drive on the port 1 on the SATA150 TX Series
controller card. If there is more than one drive attached, the next drive will
be designated as D1, and so on.
“Seagate ST380023AS” represents the manufacturer and model
name/number.
“LBA” signifies that the drive size is being translated so that the system can
make use of the drive’s full capacity.
“80GB” represents the drive’s capacity.
“Serial ATA” identifies the maximum transfer rate, which is 150MB/sec.