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Q. Can I use ATA100 on a non-ATA100 motherboard?
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A. It is necessary to add an ATA100 add-on card for non-ATA100
motherboard.
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02.
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Q. Is an ATA100
cable the same as ATA66 cable?
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A. Yes, both ATA100 and ATA66 cables are compatible with
each other.
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03.
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Q. Does Linux support
ATA100?
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A. Yes, Linux was the first operating system to support
ATA100.
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04.
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Q. What are the
features of ATA100?
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A. It is a technology of hard drive transfer speed. It
can supports up to 100MB/s transfer speed and
compatible with older hard drives.
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05.
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Q. Why has the primary
master/slave hard disk failed?
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A. Please check the following setting first.
1.
Check the connection between the cable and hard
drive is correct.
2.
The power source is connected to hard drive.
3.
Check the jumper setting (Master or slave) of
the hard drive is correct.
4.
BIOS setting
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06.
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Q. What can I do when Hard
disk(s) disagnosis fails?
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A. It is usually occurs when hard drive failed. Please
try to connect this hard drive to another computer
and see if the hard drive works or not
or that host. If the problem still occurs, the
hard drive is probably faulty.
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07.
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Q. The Technological
background of ULTRA DMA 33 & ULTRA DMA 66
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A. Ultra DMA "widens" the path to the hard drive by transferring
twice as much data per clock cycle. The net effect
is that the maximum burst data transfer rate from
the disk drive increases from 16.6 Megabytes per
second (MB/s) to 33 MB/s. The Ultra DMA protocol
lets host computers (PCs) send and retrieve data
faster, removing bottlenecks associated with data
transfers -- especially during sequential operations.
Users of new PCs will need less time to boot their
systems and open applications, a direct result
of the improved throughput provided by Ultra DMA.
Bus Mastering technology can also be implemented
with Ultra DMA disk drives. Similar reductions
in CPU utilization will be experienced when Bus
Mastering drivers are installed. In addition to
speed improvements, the protocol brings new data
integrity capabilities to the ATA/IDE interface.
Improved timing margins and the use of Cyclical
Redundancy Check (CRC), a data protection verification
not implemented in legacy ATA modes, help ensure
the integrity of transferred data.
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08.
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Q. Does
a DMA33 Hard drive work with a DMA66 controller?
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A. Yes, a DMA33 Hard drive can work with a DMA66 controller.
But the hard drive will only work on the lowest
transfer speed, so, it can't work in DMA66
transfer mode.
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09.
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Q. What
is S.M.A.R.T?
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A. Self
Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
(or S.M.A.R.T.) is a
technology that enables a PC to in some cases predict the future failure of storage
devices (like hard disk drives).
This SMART technology is present in your drive,
but by default is set to disabled on your drive.
For making use of the S.M.A.R.T. feature you would
require a software (or BIOS) that enables and monitors
the S.M.A.R.T status
of your hard drive, and an operating system that
supports the S.M.A.R.T feature i.e. Windows 95 or
higher. Some BIOS contain this software, otherwise
EZ-SMART from StorageSoft is an example of a utility
that can enable and monitor the SMART status of your
drive too (only available for Windows 98 and Windows
NT).
Thus the message
"S.M.A.R.T. Capable but Disabled"
means just that - the drive supports the feature,
but it isn't enabled / supported by the BIOS or other
software.
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