I Posted a while back that I was having buffer problems and unusally long rip and burn times, and I was told to check my atapi settings in control panel. well, I still have the same problems. I switch to ultra DMA, uninstalling the primary and then secondary drivers. but the primary keeps switching back to PIO mode. Any ideas on how I can lock it in DMA?
Here’s the step by step :
Slow reads & PIO mode!
Go to
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My Computer
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Control Panel
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System
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Hardware
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Device Manager
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IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
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Open the installed IDE channels (Primary and Secondary)
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Click on Advanced settings
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You will see the transfer mode. If any are PIO you need to un-install the channel (right click and choose uninstall) and re-boot. Windows will reinstall the device and return it to DMA mode.
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Be careful when using this procedure because if you have an older hard drive or storage device that does not support DMA you could corrupt your data.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817472
Step by step /with pictures.
DMA Transfer Mode