Many ATA 66 drives will work off of an ATA 33 controller.  I have an IBM
22GXP that works fine on an Abit board. If you have a problem, most of the
hard drive manufacturers have utilities posted on their sites that will
allow you to enable or disable ATA 66.

Ben Moore


----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Lindstrom <
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 8:09 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] ATA 66 reverse compatibility


> Hi All-
>
> Does anyone know if the current harddrives that support ATA 66 are reverse
> compatible with the ATA 33 standard?
>
> I ask because I'm in the market for a new drive, and the ATA 33 variety
> have all but disappeared from the market.
>
> The specs on my Aopen mobo say it supports ATA 33, but no mention is made
> of ATA 66, and I'm wondering what will work and what won't.
>
> Thanx-

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