[SOLVED] Maxtor 6E040L0 help

Re: Maxtor 6E040L0 help

Welcome to TSF. :wave:

I'm afraid not - max. in your computer is ATA-100.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4300/specs.htm#1101572

Re: Maxtor 6E040L0 help

Well then, I can stop racking my brain on the matter and just purchase a PCI card that will support ATA 133. Thanks so much.

howcass

Re: Maxtor 6E040L0 help

Good luck. :smile:

One more thing please. Would it be worth my while to get a PCI-SATA card and a new SATA hard drive? Am I going to see a huge different in speed and CPU performance? Right now my CPU maxes out frequently. Running max ram, 256DDR video card etc.

thanks
howcass

There's not much speed to gain with a PCI-SATA card.
The PCI bus speed is too slow.

There are SATA/IDE combo cards.
This one seems good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816102064
More: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150410+1193216733&name=SATA+/+IDE

OK sounds like a WHY BOTHER situation thank you.

I remembered that I had a Promise Ultra133 T2X in my older computer, so I installed it on the existing Dell 4300 Dimension XP system. Works like a CHAMP!!!!

Good news. :smile: