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    8204: Bios 3313 and hard drive speed

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by PROcrastn8er, Jul 6, 2006.

  1. PROcrastn8er

    PROcrastn8er Notebook Guru

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    When I first got my 8204, the newest downloadable Bios was 3312 and it made a big performance improvement. I actually tested my 8204 against a fully loaded dual core Dell Inspiron E1705 with a 7200 rpm hard drive. The 8204 was faster in almost every test, including some hard drive tests. Then the 3315 bios was released, and I remember people started reporting that the hard drive was slowed down from UDMA 6 to UDMA 5, yet they said bootup was faster. How is that possible? I never updated the bios for that reason. It's been awhile since I've been on this thread, but can anyone confirm hard drive changes? What else does 3315 effect?
     
    PROcrastn8er, Jul 6, 2006
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  2. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    3. Slow down hard drive to Ultra Mode 5.
    append\asl\satapri.asi
    append\asl\satasec.asi
    that what i found in txt file
    i guess it slows down HD, maybe to reduce the heat
     
    samuderaindia, Jul 7, 2006
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