Amstrad DRX 890

[ccarmock]

Can anyone tell me if the standard Seagate 500 GB drive in an Amstrad DRX890 is forced to SATA 1 mode?

I have replaced it with a Western Digital 1.5TB drive, which is working fine but occasionally will cause sluggish menu performance.

I have read that some of the Sky HD boxes seem to work better if the drive is forced to SATA 1 as opposed to SATA II mode. If anyone knows what the original drive would be set to I can try the same on the WD drive.

Regards
clive

[pcbbc]

Sorry, no idea on this one - I don't own a HD box and never had cause to investigate.

[Jerome32]

I've just swapped out the Seagate Pipeline 500GB on my DRX890. There is no jumper on the block adjacent to the SATA interface connector (used to force SATA I aka 150MB/sec mode). Unless this can be set through a software command, the drive is SATA II aka 300MB/sec mode.

I've googled a little and have not uncovered a way of using a software command to set the SATA mode for the Seagate Pipeline drive. If anyone knows of a program which can be used to scan/read the drive setting information, let me know and I'll be happy to report back - the Pipeline is currently installed in my PC!