SATAII HD showing as ATA133??

[Smitty090]

Hey,
I have a DFI Lanparty NF4-SLI board and a WD250GB Sata2 drive.

When my pc boots up it shows a WD 250GB at ATA133.

Is this a setting I have incorrect or can I trust my hard drive is connected and getting the speeds it should?

Thanks
Smitty

 

[Nitestick]

i think its fine. i'll check the way mine registers when i get home as i have the same motherboard and the 8mb cache model of that drive. i'm pretty sure its just a trick the NF4 chipset uses for compatability though. thats why (to my knowledge) you shouldn't need SATA drivers for a hdd connected to the nVIDIA controller on an NF4 motherboard

 

[Smitty090]

Thanks Nitestick. I'll check back tomorrow. It all seems to run well so there is no problem, just wanted to double check.

 

[Nitestick]

hmmmm :/ mine says SATA. i think its still like i said though. probably because my boot drive is actually ATA133. if my thinking about it being for compatability is correct it would only be necessary for the boot drive.