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Enable DMA on HD
Name: Bronson Date: October 19, 2003 at 13:47:50 Pacific OS: Win 2000 pro CPU/Ram: 350/160
Comment:
I was wondering if anyone knows where I can enable DMA on my HD? The reason I ask is, if I look at the properties of this new western digital drive in Device Manager, there are 3 tabs. Nowhere in any of the 3 tabs is there an option to enable DMA. You suppose it's automatically enabled by the O/S? Or is this setting somewhere else in Windows 2000 Pro? Thanks in advance.
Name: GerryC Date: October 19, 2003 at 14:26:35 Pacific
Reply:
In Win 2K you set DMA under the IDE controllers. In Device Manager select IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, right click on each controller, select Properties, and the settings are under the Advanced Settings tab.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bronson Date: October 19, 2003 at 17:09:29 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, I found the setting, and it already was set for "DMA if available" on the Primary IDE channel controller, where my HD is. However, the secondary IDE channel controller said PIO mode on both devices, one is a CDROM, the other is CDRW. Is this correct, or should I change the secondary IDE controller to "DMA if available"? Is there any valid reason to leave the secondary channel in PIO mode?
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