Posted by Steve on 04/05/06 22:43

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 12:40:46 -0700, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:

>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.

Thanks, that is a very useful link indeed! I sent it on to a fellow
who keeps having his burner reset to PIO.

... Steve ..
>

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