Hitachi Feature tool, wheres the SATA II setting?

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 18:33

Hi, I cannot find the enable sata II setting using the feature tool, where is it, do I have to enable SMART first? The drive is detected on a PCI IDE adaptor, is this wrong? I'm using the Nforce 4 controller on a Epox 9NPA+ ultra board.

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:27

Yeh all I could see was, select drive, utilities (only allowed SMART enable/disable) and help? I was using version 2 as well. Are there any more drivers to install?
Did you RMA your X2? Is this possible seeing as you overclocked it or did you not tell them that?

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:33

OK thanks, I will try again later and using the Floppy version not the CD version.

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:48

I got it now, used the floppy version of the Feature Tool

. The average transfer rate gone up a bit and the burst speed gone up. Smids are you getting some of these 80GB hitachi deskstars? I will post HDtach results if you want and if someone tells me how

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Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:00

Ok thanks I dont think my apple keyboard has a print screen button! But I'll use a different one temporarily.

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:18

Never mind could not get print screen to work on the keyboard, results were as follows,

Average speed 48.7mb/s
Burst 219.7mb/s
Random access 13.2m/s

I expected a bit better tbh.

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:01

I think this will work!

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Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 22:03

Smids what is the platter size/density on the 80GB deskstar? Does it have 2x40?

Mikey1280 · 8 Feb 2006 at 22:21

Ok thanks, do you know what the 160 and 250Gb versions have got just out of interest? I take it they're bigger?