2 Ide + 1 Sata

MOBO: Neo2-P with 2.6GHZ Intel chip, 1 GB RAM
Very new at the SATA game, but I have a very simple setup that I can't seem to get to run efficiently, most likely because of a questionable BIOS setup. I have 2 IDE drives hooked up to IDE1, DVD combo hooked up to IDE2, and 1 SATA 10k rpm drive hooked up to SATA1. I'm running Win 2k, BTW. The IDE drives work fine, and when I move large amounts of data bewteen them (as a simple test) the transfer is very fast. But when I transfer files to and from the SATA drive, it's VERY slow, as though the communication between the SATA drive and the rest of the computer is not correct (the formatting of it in Disk management also took about 8-9 hours!) I not experienced with a BIOS setup that includes the SATA drive, and I'm sure there are many possible configurations that I did not try, but the one peripherals configurations that seemed to make the BIOS recognize all the components was the following:
On-Chip ATA Operate mode: Legacy (even though Win2k should work wth Native)
ATA Coniguration: PATA
Keep SATA enabled:Yes
PATA Channel selection: Both
SATA Ports Def: P0-1st p1-2nd
I have a feeling this isn't right, but it seemed to be the configuration that resulted in showing all the components in their rightful place in the Standard CMOS.
One last thing that shows that the communication with the SATA is off: I run an audio recording app - when I use the SATA as the source of the recording files, playback is SUPER choppy - but when I run the same files from the C drive, playback is smooth as silk. The 10k SATA drive should theoretically beat out the C drive though. Any ideas on how this should be set up?
Thanks,
Hop

Quote from: vango44 on 04-March-04, 14:27:25
Just to clarify a little:
The parts you are crediting to me from that thread are actually from Maesus' FAQ thread. I just quoted it in my post.
The settings that Danny posted are the most appropriate for your setup. The additional "P0/P1 etc" settings only specify which of the 4 Intel data channels the SATA drives will be placed in the Standard Cmos settings and shouldn't affect XP booting or not.
None of those settings should be causing the slow transfer speeds that you describe. All they do is configure the amount and order of the Intel IDE/SATA data channels. They're either enabled or they're not.
After setting things like Danny suggested, open Windows Device manager>>IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers and find the channel that has the SATA and check the "advanced" tab to confirm that it is operating in UDMA5 mode.
You could also try Serial2 connector.
Make sure there are no sharp bends in the serial cable. They are suseptible(sp?) to failure this way.
Have you tried any hdd benchmarks? What results do you get?
I have the excat problem in XP. I checked the controllers and its not set to UDMA5 but PIO Mode. Hmn.. kinda new to this and dont know what it means but is that the root of my slow SATA disk? If so anyway I can change it to UDMA5? cause there aint an option in the advance tab.

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