First post, by Return 0;
Hi, I need help with installing an SSD in any configuration - as a system disk or an additional disk, I'm talking about Win98.
Computer configuration:
FIC VA503+ VIA MVP3
AMD K6-3+ (modified 2+) 100x6.0
256MB SDR one stick
Geforce 3 pure
SEAGATE 10GB IDE HDD
GOODRAM 120GB SATA SSD
What I tried:
1. SSD as a system drive, through the IDE interface of the motherboard with a SATA-IDE converter, result:
-the system works stably with the UDMA function disabled in the BIOS, but with the DMA option selected in the Windows device manager. ATTO bench is about 16MB/s.
- turning on UDMA in the BIOS causes hanging when starting the system, always in the same place and in the same way, unless I deselect DMA in the device manager, then ATTO shows about 11MB/s.
2. SSD as system disk, through PCI-SATA SILICON IMAGE sil3512 controller, result:
-the system informs about the impossibility of connecting VXD files during the first start of Windows and the need to reinstall.
-the system hangs during startup if Windows is already installed (connection to the controller after installation via the motherboard's IDE interface)
3. SSD as an additional disk across the motherboard interface:
-hanging on startup.
4. SSD as an additional disk via PCI-SATA controller:
-the system starts correctly, ATTO about 100-110MB/s, I can copy and delete files but I cannot stably play the game installed on this disk (it hangs while loading)
I have tried different BIOS versions and PCI-SATA controller drivers, but this is not the way.
I know that the SSD drive exceeds the capabilities of this computer and that if I replace the latformat with P3 it will be OK, but that's not what I'm talking about. It's about whether we can do it with what we have 😉
My question is do you have any idea how to start DMA transmission for this disk or how to overcome these hangs via PCI-SATA?
Thank you for every answer.