Maxtor MaxBoost Beta

***Zardon*** · Dec 23, 2003, 09:40 AM

MaxBoost is performance-boosting driver software which operates under Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP and which is designed to complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. This driver intelligently caches data in the host system RAM before it is written to and read from the Maxtor disk drive, enhancing the effective storage speed of your system under a variety of system conditions and applications.

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**MIG-31** · Dec 23, 2003, 09:43 AM

also read this to decide on best version.

Maxtor to Boost HDD Performance by 60%

snake · Dec 23, 2003, 04:13 PM

I noticed that nForce 3.13 Driver disabled MaxBoost HDD detection.
Hopefully, the new nForce Driver Remix 3.14 (http://www.driverheaven.net/#article_8775)
correct this problem

THX to Nemesis now i can use it and you too

ZorinInc · Dec 23, 2003, 06:32 PM

Doesn't work with RAID 0 according to the Maxtor website... maybe they'll have a newer version that will.

WallyG · Dec 24, 2003, 01:47 AM

Confirmed no recognition of Maxtor HDD's on nForce2 chipset boards that use nVidia's SW IDE driver. A simple test of No MaxBoost&Nvidia SW IDE vs. Maxboost&Microsoft IDE = NO Differece. You get the same read/write performance with SW IDE or Maxboost, so if you don't have stability problems with nVidia's IDE drivers don't bother with Maxboost. I wonder if that is what nVidia's "proprietary" IDE drivers do to get a performance boost---sneaky-sneaky!!!

W

P.S. on my VIA KT266A chipset system, I do get some stability improvement when capturing video using my ATI AIW 9000---no frames dropped at any capture rate--even while multitasking!!!!

Dec 23, 2003, 09:40 AM	#1
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,262 Rep Power: 3150	Maxtor MaxBoost Beta MaxBoost is performance-boosting driver software which operates under Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP and which is designed to complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. This driver intelligently caches data in the host system RAM before it is written to and read from the Maxtor disk drive, enhancing the effective storage speed of your system under a variety of system conditions and applications. Download here

Dec 23, 2003, 09:43 AM	#2
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,584 Rep Power: 186 System Specs	also read this to decide on best version. Maxtor to Boost HDD Performance by 60% __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Dec 23, 2003, 04:13 PM	#3
snake DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: France Posts: 415 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	I noticed that nForce 3.13 Driver disabled MaxBoost HDD detection. Hopefully, the new nForce Driver Remix 3.14 (http://www.driverheaven.net/#article_8775) correct this problem THX to Nemesis now i can use it and you too __________________ Q6700@3.6Ghz-StrikerExtreme-4ghz OCZPC8500-SLIGeforce8800GT Barton 2600+@2.16 (188x11.5) # GeForce 6800 GT@Ultra 1.5Go PC3200 #Asus A7N8X Deluxe Bios 1008 19209 3DMark06/ 57736 3DMark01/163152 Aquamark3

Dec 23, 2003, 06:32 PM	#4
ZorinInc DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Doesn't work with RAID 0 according to the Maxtor website... maybe they'll have a newer version that will.

Dec 24, 2003, 01:47 AM	#5
WallyG DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Confirmed no recognition of Maxtor HDD's on nForce2 chipset boards that use nVidia's SW IDE driver. A simple test of No MaxBoost&Nvidia SW IDE vs. Maxboost&Microsoft IDE = NO Differece. You get the same read/write performance with SW IDE or Maxboost, so if you don't have stability problems with nVidia's IDE drivers don't bother with Maxboost. I wonder if that is what nVidia's "proprietary" IDE drivers do to get a performance boost---sneaky-sneaky!!! W P.S. on my VIA KT266A chipset system, I do get some stability improvement when capturing video using my ATI AIW 9000---no frames dropped at any capture rate--even while multitasking!!!!