First post, by mothergoose729
I have been using a SATA to IDE adapter for my SSD drive, and it works fine. The only issue I am having is that I am limited to 33mb/s read/write on the sata bus. Even on my motherboards that support ultra IDE, or PATA 133.
I can install windows 98 to my SSD drive using an IDE adapter, and then boot from it as a SATA drive fine. My read speeds appear to be pretty close to saturating my SATA 1.5 bus, however my write speeds are stuck at 4MB/s. Given the abysmal write speeds, I have opted to use IDE instead.
So I was wondering which method would be best for getting the most out of a fast hard drive?
1) Is there a good SATA to IDE adapter that supports 66mb/s or 133mb/s?
2) Is there a reliable way to get SATA 1.5 speeds in windows 98?
Are Promise SATA TX2 cards or similar reliable/good? I have read mixed things so far.