Yes with upgrade Not supported in retail release. Microsoft driver supports PIO only. Ultra DMA supported by upgrading to the latest Intel Bus Master DMA driver. Contact Intel and IBM for the latest Bus Master DMA drivers. Some common system manufacturers are listed below.
All new technologies present opportunities for short-term compatibility misalignments.
The following information addresses our current areas of concern. During the initiation phase of an Ultra DMA read data transfer, a series of commands are issued by the hard drive, the BIOS, and the VIA chipset. Solution Current shipments of Western Digital hard drives are not affected by this VIA chipset issue. The computer may hang with a blue screen error while the hard drive is being accessed. The Microsoft QFE513 driver release corrects this issue and is now available to OEMs.