re vl bus hdd fdd controller or ide hdd fdd controller in hpsgm sgp hp com taybh hpsgm sgp hp com beng hang tay writes hi i am buying a quantum lps at mb hardisk and is deciding a hdd fdd controller is bit vl bus hdd fdd controller faster than bit ide hdd fdd controller card i hear that the vl bus controller is slower than a ide controller which one is true the vl ide adapter can be much faster then the normal ide it depends on the drive you use and the board you use i am using a noname vl ide i o contr it is tested under coretest with kb s using a cheap seagate and nearly kb s using a wd caviar you have figure out the jumper setting on the controller to get reliable diskaccess fastest setting gets kb s under coretest but does not work reliable you have to shadow the adapter bios to get the fast speed i haven t used a vl ide cache controller yet but it might speed up twice dieter dieter fritzsche dieter dischw toppoint de maehlsweg d kiel germany master of the wom tel voice fax box zyxel v fast waffle fax compuserve
