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Wed, 11 Feb 1998 17:54:49 -0800
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On 11 Feb 98 at 11:54, Steve Dias wrote:

> If a new Western Digital UltraDMA hard drive is installed in a PC which
> does not support UDMA, only EIDE, what PIO mode will it operate in? My
> current PC has an HX chipset motherboard, and I'd like to use one of these
> newer drives along with my existing WD Caviar 1.6, which is mode 4.

  My WD 5.2GB UDMA drive, when used on my IT5H HX-based motherboard,
reports PIO mode 4.  I think it would be a very unusual UDMA drive
that didn't also support mode 4.

David G


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