Maxtor HDD Please Help????

[3D_WARRIOR]

I read somewhere that Maxtor HDD are sensitive to PCI speeds above 37 mhz. Can this be true? I have a 27.3, ATA 66 (7200rpm) HDD. I think my system can be tweaked a little higher. Thanx in advance.

P lll 800@880(gold orb fan)
P3B-F (Intel 440BX AGPset)
256 MB Ram (Cas 2 Micron)
Maxtor 27.3 HDD (ATA 66)7200rpm
Promise ATA 100 IDE Controller
Hercules Prophet GTS 2 Pro 64 MB DDR (220/435)
SB Live Platinum 5.1
Netgear 10/100 Nic
Pioneer (16x) DVD Rom
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[Tim-]

The older ones and the inexpensive ones seem to be the most problematic. I don't recall seeing anyone having problems with the modern faster ones.

[3D_WARRIOR]

Thank You

[jr]

my 20gig 7200 rpm is at 40pci.

[DocClock aka MadClocker]

I run my Max 20g 7200 @ 140 fsb,Nowadays the Maxtor's and IBM's are the most tollerant, and you couldn't give me a caviar....I had one die after only a year of service..doesn't say much for their MTBF rate...once burned, I usualy stay away, and shop elsewhere.
Untill I found Maxtor, My drive of choice was the JTS paladium models..but alass they are no more. JTS was putting 1mb cache buffers in when other's were still in the 256, 512k range. And that is why I first went with Maxtor...my current drive has a 2mb buffer.
Gimme the cache!

[Howard]

MIne is at 147 FSB and have never had any problems whatsoever, at least with my hard drive..:))

PIII 700@1030 w/alpha, Abit BE6 II, Maxtor 20g 7200rpm