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What issues have been seen when using Ultra ATA?

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What issues have been seen when using Ultra ATA?

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Hardware The VIA VPX and VP2/97 (also marketed as AMD-640) chipsets have demonstrated an issue with some non-Seagate hard disc drives when operated in Ultra ATA mode. These chipsets can fail to communicate properly with the drive causing a system hang or lock up. To the best of our knowledge, this issue does NOT affect Seagate drives. If a Seagate hard drive is suspected of having this issue, please notify Seagate Technical Support. It may also help to disable Ultra ATA until the issue can be confirmed. Software There are some issues regarding Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 and Ultra ATA support. For detailed information, contact Microsoft (www.microsoft.