Re: Maxtor drives

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From: John Perry
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00

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"Matt Newport" <mlon2@cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>> Try asking this question in the NG alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit if
>memory
>> serves me correctly abit M/Bs can have problems of this nature with Maxtor
>> HDDs at UDMA 66. Flashing the Bios I believe fixes it.
>>
>> Scot
>
>Yup, a significant portion of the posts on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
>are about problems with Maxtor Drives and the Highpoint UDMA 66 controller.
>I don't think there's a definite fix yet though since there still seem to be
>fairly regular posts on the subject.

Yes, thanks, and I've looked ther and also on the ABIT site; there is a
new RV BIOS out now.  It would be interesting to know if DABS and others
have had many "faulty" returns of these drives and motherboards and how
they deal with this issue.

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