Posted by Bill's News on 04/05/06 19:40

Steve wrote:
> On 3 Apr 2006 13:20:33 -0700, joedoe_31@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> No DMA attributes that I can see in the DVD-ROM properties in the
>> Dev
>> Mgr setup or BIOS setup. Any other ideas, let me know!
>>
>> Sid
>
> DMA is to be found under IDE ATA/ATAPI contollers. Check the
> properties of Primary IDE and Secondary IDE channels. Your problem
> sounds exactly like the drive is in PIO mode only, a common default
> if
> the system has had to recover from a resource conflict.
>
> . Steve ..

Here's a PIO-DMA solution that I use, all too often:-( Requires Win2K
or XP, scripting enabled, and a reboot after use.

http://winhlp.com/tools/resetdma.vbs linked to from this desription
page http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm

While the suggested manual changes are simple enough, they don't
always seem to reset my secondary burner - this script does.

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