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Name: Garyf3
Date: August 10, 2008 at 10:09:53 Pacific
OS: WinXP Pro
CPU/Ram: 3gigs
Product: Dell XPS Gen 2
Comment:

Primary IDE Channel:-
Device 0:
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 5

Device 1:
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: NOT APPLICABLE?

How can I change the "Current Transfer Mode" on DEVICE 1 to be like the one on DEVICE 0 showing "ULTRA DMA MODE 5"?

garyf



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Response Number 1
Name: OtheHill
Date: August 10, 2008 at 11:55:11 Pacific
Reply:

You probably don't have that SATA port Enabled in the BIOS.

Do you have more than one hard drive? If so, are both SATA?


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Response Number 2
Name: Garyf3
Date: August 10, 2008 at 12:54:09 Pacific
Reply:

I have only one hard drive. My secondary IDE Channel is a DVD drive

garyf


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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill
Date: August 10, 2008 at 12:56:47 Pacific
Reply:

I should have read the post more carefully. Where does the SATA drive come into play? Is your only hard drive a SATA or IDE?


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Response Number 4
Name: Garyf3
Date: August 10, 2008 at 13:58:42 Pacific
Reply:

My hard drive is SATA. See subject posted

garyf


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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill
Date: August 10, 2008 at 15:02:28 Pacific
Reply:

You are evidently running the SATA in an IDE compatibility mode. That is native to your Motherboard.

You need to install the motherboard chipset drivers in order for any IDE (PATA) drives to run in any DMA mode.


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