I just built my new computer and i noticed that the DVD was a little choppy at parts so i checked to see if it was set on dma mode and it wasn't. It was on PIO mode. So i chose the option to use dma if available and i rebooted my system and it still says current transfer mode PIO!!!!! So i went into BIOS and it is selected as dma. What else can I do about this? I have heard some other people having this problem too. Has anyone got a solution?

Are you using 80 or 40 pin IDE cables? Cessna

Two things to look at: Ultra DMA Mode 6 Devices Are Not Enabled on VIA Motherboards After You Install Windows XP SP1 #2 Go into the Device Manager, remove the DVD, reboot and reinstall the DVD. Then as you did before; check to see if the device is using DMA, if not, recheck use dma if available. A third option ???? I found the following on another forum so YMMV. I would first back up your registry and create a new restore point before attempting this. Open registry editor Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEMS\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" The Default Value should be "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" Go to "0001" key if your device is on Primary IDE Chanel or "0002" if your device is on Secondary IDE channel and change the MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed or SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed to 0xffffffff depending if your device is master or slave close registry editor. Go to device manager select "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" and the corresponding IDE chanel go to "Advanced Settings" Tab and Set Transfer Mode to PIO and then to DMA if available again LL