Just had the pleasure of experiencing what it was like to have an IDE system
in 1993. My cable modem was crapping out and it messed up a bunch of
downloads to the point that the rar files (from a massive 1080P feed sample)
had enough CRC errors that it flagged Windows XP to downgrade the PATA disk
to PIO mode!!! It was set so that the option to revert it back to DMA mode
was greyed out in the device manager and only a registry change will fix.
For a while I thought it must have been some clever vileware or virus as
opening any file on this disk took forever and transfering a CD image from a
74GB raptor to the PATA took hours and over 80% CPU utilization, lol.
I wonder when windows downgrades to PIO, if it is PIO mode 0 or if it uses
whatever max PIO a disk is tagged to use.
This normally happens to CD/DVD drives with a scratched disk that will
generate enough CRC errors. First time I've seen it on a disk that wasnt
physically damaged.
On a side note - those with cable modems should make sure you have something
recent. I thought all DOCIS2 were the same until I replaced my RCA freebie
from Cox with a motorola 5000 series surfboard. My download speeds jumped
x5. My downstream is over 15Mb/s with 2.5Mb up. Cox is litterally giving
away fractional T3 speeds for pennies.
- [H] ATA has come a LOOOOOOONG way Pat Robertson
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