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My system has been going very slow. Especially when it tries to do something system-demanding. It is in PIO mode. I have DMA enabled in bios but in windows it is running under PIO. It takes me forever to burn discs and transfer files.
Anyone know how to force it to run how it is supposed to?
DMA is set for the Primary IDE Channel and the Secondary IDE Channel under Device Manager in Xp , have you checked there ? I seem to remember a Registry trick to enable DMA if your cd-rom supports it , I'll see if I can find it .
Found this interesting .
For repeated DMA errors. Windows XP will turn off DMA mode for a device after encountering certain errors during data transfer operations. If more that six DMA transfer timeouts occur, Windows will turn off DMA and use only PIO mode on that device.
In this case, the user cannot turn on DMA for this device. The only option for the user who wants to enable DMA mode is to uninstall and reinstall the device.
Windows XP downgrades the Ultra DMA transfer mode after receiving more than six CRC errors. Whenever possible, the operating system will step down one UDMA mode at a time (from UDMA mode 4 to UDMA mode 3, and so on).
Link : http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/IDE-DMA.mspx
Found the Reg trick :
http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/gett...-in-windows-xp
Awesome! It worked! Thanks for your guys help. :hooray:Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Does that reg hack stop windows from attempting to drop back into PIO mode or just set it back to DMA until the next problem?
Well if its the same reg hack that talked about at the bottom of this link your answer would be NO http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/dvdguide005.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by dedalus1
It doesn't set DMA mode, but forces Windows to re-assess which mode to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by dedalus1