"Overclock" from ATA 66 to ATA100

[Fillster]

Please forgive the newbie question, but is it possible to change the ROM etc from an ATA66 to make it "o/c" to ATA100? Is it worth even making the effort? I thought PCI max capability was 66? Specifically 7200 RPM 30g Maxtor drive.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

ok you canot modify rom as it is Read Only Memory. ATA100 is useless you can see like 2% difference between ata 33 and ata 66.

 

[Fillster]

Looking at the Maxtor website, I found a utility 66to100.exe that will upgrade the drive from ATA66 to ATA100. It said mine wasn't upgradable. More expensive drive must have EPROM rather than ROM?

Phil

 

[k2lme]

re: utility 66to100.exe
I think you'll find there's a list of compatible drives somewhere on that site.

Also, I think tthe utility is to reset ATA100 drives
that have been set at ATA66.

 

[Fillster]

I thought ATA100 drives were backwards compatible? Live and learn.

Phil