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From: JB on 22 Mar 2005 21:18
Hi -

First off, I confess to flying by the seat of my pants. But hey, so what. I
like learning new stuff.

I installed a Maxtor ATA 60 gig drive from my old system into this new Dim
8400. The IDE channel has only a DVD drive so a put the hard drive as drive
1 on the available connector (set to cable select).

Well, it works but I noticed video playback from the drive was stuttering.
Investigating, I found the drive is operating in PIO mode (with 'DMA if
available' set). Tried removing/reinstalling the Primary IDE Channel driver,
but NG.

Further investigating - Maxtor site says I should be using an 80 pin ATA
cable, otherwise I might get what I'm seeing...OK, but the Dell literature
says the IDE connector on the main board is 40 pin!

I did see this question posed here (adding ATA HD to IDE on an 8400), but I
don't recall seeing a post about how it turned out. Well, I tried it and
that's where I'm at - PIO mode.

Am I S.O.L.?

TIA- John


From: Tom Scales on 23 Mar 2005 06:12

"JB @excite.com>" <jbessette1<remove> wrote in message
news:6m40e.5252$%d7.2825(a)lakeread03...
> Hi -
>
> First off, I confess to flying by the seat of my pants. But hey, so what.
> I like learning new stuff.
>
> I installed a Maxtor ATA 60 gig drive from my old system into this new Dim
> 8400. The IDE channel has only a DVD drive so a put the hard drive as
> drive 1 on the available connector (set to cable select).
>
> Well, it works but I noticed video playback from the drive was stuttering.
> Investigating, I found the drive is operating in PIO mode (with 'DMA if
> available' set). Tried removing/reinstalling the Primary IDE Channel
> driver, but NG.
>
> Further investigating - Maxtor site says I should be using an 80 pin ATA
> cable, otherwise I might get what I'm seeing...OK, but the Dell literature
> says the IDE connector on the main board is 40 pin!
>
> I did see this question posed here (adding ATA HD to IDE on an 8400), but
> I don't recall seeing a post about how it turned out. Well, I tried it and
> that's where I'm at - PIO mode.
>
> Am I S.O.L.?
>
> TIA- John
>

I'm not sure about an 8400, but on all earlier Dells, you had to go into the
BIOS and switch the drive from OFF to AUTO. If you didn't, it ran in PIO
mode.

Check that out.

Tom


From: joe_tide on 23 Mar 2005 06:55
....also - If you read the Maxtor site again, I bet it says 80 "wire" cable
not an 80 "pin" cable. They both have 40 pins.

"Tom Scales" <tomtoo(a)softhome.net> wrote in message
news:Wac0e.203011$qB6.120218(a)tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>
> "JB @excite.com>" <jbessette1<remove> wrote in message
> news:6m40e.5252$%d7.2825(a)lakeread03...
>> Hi -
>>
>> First off, I confess to flying by the seat of my pants. But hey, so what.
>> I like learning new stuff.
>>
>> I installed a Maxtor ATA 60 gig drive from my old system into this new
>> Dim 8400. The IDE channel has only a DVD drive so a put the hard drive as
>> drive 1 on the available connector (set to cable select).
>>
>> Well, it works but I noticed video playback from the drive was
>> stuttering. Investigating, I found the drive is operating in PIO mode
>> (with 'DMA if available' set). Tried removing/reinstalling the Primary
>> IDE Channel driver, but NG.
>>
>> Further investigating - Maxtor site says I should be using an 80 pin ATA
>> cable, otherwise I might get what I'm seeing...OK, but the Dell
>> literature says the IDE connector on the main board is 40 pin!
>>
>> I did see this question posed here (adding ATA HD to IDE on an 8400), but
>> I don't recall seeing a post about how it turned out. Well, I tried it
>> and that's where I'm at - PIO mode.
>>
>> Am I S.O.L.?
>>
>> TIA- John
>>
>
> I'm not sure about an 8400, but on all earlier Dells, you had to go into
> the BIOS and switch the drive from OFF to AUTO. If you didn't, it ran in
> PIO mode.
>
> Check that out.
>
> Tom
>


From: Skids on 23 Mar 2005 08:07
You need the 80 wire cable (not 80 pin). The 80 wire cable has only 40 pins
and will work with your connector.

"JB @excite.com>" <jbessette1<remove> wrote in message
news:6m40e.5252$%d7.2825(a)lakeread03...
> Hi -
>
> First off, I confess to flying by the seat of my pants. But hey, so what.
> I like learning new stuff.
>
> I installed a Maxtor ATA 60 gig drive from my old system into this new Dim
> 8400. The IDE channel has only a DVD drive so a put the hard drive as
> drive 1 on the available connector (set to cable select).
>
> Well, it works but I noticed video playback from the drive was stuttering.
> Investigating, I found the drive is operating in PIO mode (with 'DMA if
> available' set). Tried removing/reinstalling the Primary IDE Channel
> driver, but NG.
>
> Further investigating - Maxtor site says I should be using an 80 pin ATA
> cable, otherwise I might get what I'm seeing...OK, but the Dell literature
> says the IDE connector on the main board is 40 pin!
>
> I did see this question posed here (adding ATA HD to IDE on an 8400), but
> I don't recall seeing a post about how it turned out. Well, I tried it and
> that's where I'm at - PIO mode.
>
> Am I S.O.L.?
>
> TIA- John
>


From: "Brian K" <iibntgyea4 on 23 Mar 2005 15:28
Tom's, that's correct for the 8400 too. I put a DVD reader on the middle
connector of the cable and it was PIO until I switched the drive to AUTO.

Brian




> I'm not sure about an 8400, but on all earlier Dells, you had to go into
> the BIOS and switch the drive from OFF to AUTO. If you didn't, it ran in
> PIO mode.
>
> Check that out.
>
> Tom
>


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