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    can someone with 5790/5791 please help me in bios

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by theorist, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. theorist

    theorist Notebook Consultant

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    hi. this is more a curious question. in my bios for my 5791, if i go into the DVD or Hard Drive settings in the bios, there is an option for i/o 32 bit to be enabled. it's currently disabled.

    are yours disabled for both as well?

    it seems to be that i should enbable it?
     
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  2. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    I haven't looked through the options yet, but why do you think it should be enabled when it's disabled by default?
     
    Kwakkel, Oct 22, 2007
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  3. theorist

    theorist Notebook Consultant

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    not exactly sure. i would think it's better if it's more right?

    would appreciate it tremendously if someone could look real quick.
     
    theorist, Oct 23, 2007
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  4. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    as soon as i get home ill check mine for you. im at my sisters house tonight watching thier dog lol.. ill be home in a couple hours when they get in from the airport.. ill let you know asap

    also i have a tech call into sager waiting a retun phone call tomm i will ask specifically what this is for you when they call me back
     
    zfactor, Oct 23, 2007
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  5. zfactor

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    is this possibly what you are seeing>>

    IDE 32-bit Transfer: When enabled, the read / write rate of the hard disk is faster. When disabled only 16-bit data transfers is possible. The read/write rate of the harddisk stays the same, but the transfers over the host bus are maybe faster. So, don't expect anything really dramatic. Actually, you should ordinarily expect no difference at all, since even with 16-bit transfers, the local bus is fast enough to accomodate just about any disk drive. However, some interface hardware uses faster timing on the ATA (IDE) bus when 32-bit transfers are used. In those cases you may notice a speedup. Note that ATA (IDE) is a 16-bit bus. The 32-bit transfers referred to here are strictly the transfers between CPU and interface chip.
     
    zfactor, Oct 23, 2007
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