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    3315 bios

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by checkm8, May 6, 2006.

  1. checkm8

    checkm8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I update my bios from 3311 to 3315 on my 8204 and saw the hardrive mode is changed from udma 6 down to 5.

    from bios readme.
    "3. Slow down hard drive to Ultra Mode 5.
    append\asl\satapri.asi
    append\asl\satasec.asi"

    I ran HD tune before and after and the only real change is the burst mode from about 101 down to 96 MB/s..most other parameters are the same ;20.2/40.1/32 min/max/avg transfer rate ;15.9 ms access time ;CPU useage 2.3-2.6%

    I may try and push back to udma 6 and see what i get. is UDMA tied to the hardrive? chipset? or both? Wonder if Acer saw performance/reliability gains by setting this down to UDMA 5... :confused: but :)
     
    checkm8, May 6, 2006
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