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HP Vectra 500 with Intel 430FX : Upgrade IDE Controller

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I have a Pentium 166Mhz based HP Vectra 500 model 562 (D3742A) (Intel Triton 430FX chipset - BIOS Phoenix v.GJ.07.18)
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I put a IDEtoCF adapter with two slot with a 4Gb CF card in each.
It works great with DOS and nice with Win98SE. Nevertheless, speed is not great (7.5Mo/s max 5Mo/s average)

I would like to boost the machine under Win98SE.
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I tryed to install the PCI to SATA card (Ali M5283 chip). But I got a ressource conflict in BIOS even with all other PCI Cards (USB, Matrox Graphics) removed and integrated IDE controller disabled.

Now, I am waiting a Abit Hotrod 100, I bought last Friday.
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I hope using PATA with DMA wil boost disk transfer compared to the intel 82371FB (PIIX) controller.

Do you think I can expect speed improvements ?

Last edited by DataPro on 2019-12-19, 07:39. Edited 3 times in total.

HP Vectra 562 P166Mhz/256Ko L2 cache/Triton 430FX - 112Mo RAM - 2x 32Go+64Go CF Card - Matrox G2 8Mo - SB AWE64 ISA (PnP) + Roland MT-32 & M-GS64 (SC-88) & JV-1010 - Nec USB 2.0 PCI - Promise Ultra100 TX2 - Hama multicard reader

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With the Hotrod 100 card, the PC beeps on boot with no message.
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I can't see any message from the BIOS Card.

Win98SE detects the card and I've installed the driver. I can use a formatted CF Card on IDE adapter on the IDE port of the Hotrod 100 only with Win98SE.
With DOS, the card is not detected.

I also try to use card with motherboard's IDE controller disabled and the Hotrod does not seems to work.
I think it's BIOS issue but I can't figure what it is.
The Phoenix BIOS does not offer a lot of settings to play with.

If someone can help, I will listen to your advice carefully.
I want to use the PCI/IDE card in DOS Mode.

HP Vectra 562 P166Mhz/256Ko L2 cache/Triton 430FX - 112Mo RAM - 2x 32Go+64Go CF Card - Matrox G2 8Mo - SB AWE64 ISA (PnP) + Roland MT-32 & M-GS64 (SC-88) & JV-1010 - Nec USB 2.0 PCI - Promise Ultra100 TX2 - Hama multicard reader

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