Asus P4C800 Deluxe BIOS 1014

wildx80 · 11-28-2003, 04:22 AM

I recently updated my Bios with the version 1014 and i noticed that this new version limits Ultra dma mode to mode 5 instead of mode 6 that the former version did.How does that affect SATA drives ?

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Asus P4C800-Deluxe
3.2 GHz P4 HT
Maxtor DMP 9 200GB SATA HDD
1 GB DDR400

Mental_Myopia · 11-30-2003, 04:54 AM

In your subject line, you should've mentioned the UDMA issue. Otherwise, people will skip reading your thread, thinking it's simply an announcment that BIOS 1014 was released.

Anyway, on my similar motherboard, I noticed that my SATA drives were never automatically set for UDMA6. I had to go into my BIOS and manually set all of my SATA drives from UDMA5 to UDMA6. Are you saying that your new version of BIOS won't even allow you to manually set your SATA drives to UDMA6? This would limit data transfer to ATA133 instead of ATA150.

wildx80 · 11-30-2003, 08:50 AM

If you read the description that Asus gives about this new version (1014) you will notice that it states "Revise Ultra DMA Mode max limit(ultra DMA mode 6--->5)". With the previous version (1013) my Maxtor sata hdd was automatically set to UDMA mode 6 and now is set to UDMA mode 5 which is the max mode limit in this new version according to the official description that Asus gives.

11-28-2003, 04:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
wildx80 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: WinXP	Asus P4C800 Deluxe BIOS 1014 I recently updated my Bios with the version 1014 and i noticed that this new version limits Ultra dma mode to mode 5 instead of mode 6 that the former version did.How does that affect SATA drives ? ---------------------------- Asus P4C800-Deluxe 3.2 GHz P4 HT Maxtor DMP 9 200GB SATA HDD 1 GB DDR400

11-30-2003, 04:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mental_Myopia Athlon Fan in Exile Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 376 OS: Windows XP Home	In your subject line, you should've mentioned the UDMA issue. Otherwise, people will skip reading your thread, thinking it's simply an announcment that BIOS 1014 was released. Anyway, on my similar motherboard, I noticed that my SATA drives were never automatically set for UDMA6. I had to go into my BIOS and manually set all of my SATA drives from UDMA5 to UDMA6. Are you saying that your new version of BIOS won't even allow you to manually set your SATA drives to UDMA6? This would limit data transfer to ATA133 instead of ATA150. __________________ Wer nicht fragt, bleibt dumm... --------------------------------------- Intel Pentium4 2.8GHz, 800FSB, HyperThreading Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, BIOS v1013 Corsair TWINX1024-3200LLPT DDR400 2GB BFG Tech GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB, Detonator 52.16 - Unlocked Samsung SyncMaster 192N 19" TFT-LCD CyberAcoustics CA-4100 4.1 Surround Speakers Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB SATA (pair in RAID 1 on ICH5R) Antec 430W ATX 12V TruePower Antec Plus1080AMG Case

11-30-2003, 08:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
wildx80 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: WinXP	If you read the description that Asus gives about this new version (1014) you will notice that it states "Revise Ultra DMA Mode max limit(ultra DMA mode 6--->5)". With the previous version (1013) my Maxtor sata hdd was automatically set to UDMA mode 6 and now is set to UDMA mode 5 which is the max mode limit in this new version according to the official description that Asus gives.