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A老大您上面提到的這個擴充卡是指利用PCI插槽,可以轉成IDE硬碟用的那種卡嗎?

1.這樣子不支援高容量硬碟的主機就可以使用大容量的硬碟了嗎?
2.硬碟效能會比較低嗎?
3.會降低整体性能嗎?
4.不知道相容性好不好?
5.裝置管理員的設置也相同嗎?
6.大約多少＄

另外可否幫我看一下我所裝的IDE驅動的內容,它倒底在講啥?英文不識幾個真頭疼
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ALi Ultra IDE Driver for Win2000/XP
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INTRODUCTION
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This file contains a variety of information you should read before
installing ALi Ultra IDE driver. ALi Ultra IDE driver is
a driver for NT5 Architecture (e.g., Windows 2000 and XP).
It supports hard drive which has size larger than 128GB (1G=2 ^ 30).
It also supports ATA133 hard drive for better disk performance
(ALi M1535+, 1535D+ chips support ATA133 feature).

ALi Corporation does not guarantee that this Ultra IDE driver
will work on your motherboard. If you meet any problem, you can go to
ALi web site Support Page to fill CORE LOGIC FORM for problem feedback.

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1. Installation Instructions
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Windows 2000
(1) Run integrated driver .exe file
(2) Click "Next" to continue
(3) Select "ALi Ultra IDE Driver", and then "Next"
(4) Click "Yes" to continue installation, and then "Finish" to restart your system
(5) After booting into Win2000, OS will detect first IDE channel
(6) Click "Next" to continue
(7) Click "Next" to search driver
(8) Uncheck all item, then click "Next", "Next" to continue installation
(9) Click "Finish", then click "No" to continue
(10) Then OS will detect second IDE channel
(11) Click "Next" to continue
(12) Click "Next" to search driver
(13) Uncheck all item, then click "Next", "Next" to continue installation
(14) Click "Finish", then click "Yes" to restart system

Windows XP
(1) Run integrated driver .exe file
(2) Click "Next"
(3) Select "ALi Ultra IDE Driver", and then "Next"
(4) Choose "Continue Anyway", and then "Finish" to restart your system
(5) After booting into XP, OS will detect first IDE channel and then notify you
to restart system (Be patient to wait for OS to notify you to restart system.
If you restart system by yourself before OS notification, unknown result may occur)
(6) Click "Yes" to restart system
(7) After booting into XP, OS will detect second IDE channel and then notify you
to restart system (Be patient to wait for OS to notify you to restart system.
If you restart system by yourself before OS notification, unknown result may occur)
(8) Click "Yes" to restart system


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2. Uninstallation Instructions
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Use control panel :
1. Open "Control Panel" folder
2. Invoke "Add/Remove Programs" icon
3. Choose "ALi Ultra IDE Driver" item
4. Click on "Change/Remove" button to remove driver.

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3. IDE Set Mode Utility
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This utility is used to set device timing mode as PIO, DMA, or Ultra DMA.
Its main purpose is to solve some device "compatibility" problems.

For example, your CDROM drive reports its capability that it can run "DMA"
and "PIO" timing mode.
Due to device firmware bug or some other reason, this device cannot work on DMA mode.
In this case, you can run "IDE Set Mode Utility" to set device timing mode as PIO.

The utility is in "Start->Programs->ALi Products->IDE Set Mode Utility".

After you run it, you can use its default setting with "Auto" checked.
When "Auto" is checked, device will run its best timing mode.

In this case, if you want to change device timing mode as PIO, you can uncheck "Auto"
item and then move mouse cursor to click on slider bar, draw it to "PIO".
After you change timing mode and click "OK", you will be notified to "Restart" your
system for this new setting to work.

You can control each device to run at different timing mode by clicking on "DEV0", "DEV1"
, "DEV2" and "DEV3".

When "Auto" is checked, device will run its best timing mode.
When "Auto" is unchecked, you can move mouse cursor to click on slider bar, draw it to
different timing mode like "PIO", "DMA", "UDMA33", "UDMA66", "UDMA100/133".

"Running Mode" means the current timing mode of the selected device (DEV0/DEV1/DEV2/DEV3).

Notice:
1. If you see these two IDE controllers become "SCSI/RAID Host Controller" in Windows
"Device Manager", this is normal, don't worry. Since "ALi Ultra IDE Driver" is used
to mimic IDE devices as SCSI devices. Therefore you will find your IDE devices
becoming SCSI devices in "Device Manager"
2. In order to get better IDE performance and signal quality, if your motherboard supports
UDMA66 or UDMA100/133, we strongly suggest you to use 80-wire IDE cable.
If your motherboard only supports UDMA33, you can just use 40-wire IDE cable.

v4.008
Release Notice:
1. In Win2000/XP, Standby and Hibernation can be enabled by following steps.
(1) Run "regedit.exe"
(2) Click on
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/alihdd/Parameters/PnpInterface/5
And "Edit->Rename" to change Name from 5 to 1
(3) "Restart" system to take effect.
2. To avoid Nero CD speed problem:
(1) Try to connect CD, CDRW or DVD drive on the same IDE channel
(2) Don't connect HDD with CD/CDRW/DVD on the same IDE channel


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