Posted by Bill Vermillion on 03/21/07 01:35

In article <45ff1028$0$8959$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
jmc <jmc@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>Bought a new Memorex 18X burner, which is quite slow, called the
>manufacturer and was told the problem was in my secondary IDE channel. He
>told me how to adjust it, but there are no controls. He told me the SP 2
>from Microsoft had it. I have all the updates from Microsoft installed, any
>way around this speed problem, 4X is a bit slow for a 18 X drive. Dell says
>its the hardware, they says it Microsoft and Intel.
>The controler is an Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA control. Any help most
>appreciated. Thanks
>
>JMC

Check the settings in system folder and see if it is running PIO
mode or DMA. I supsect you will find it is PIO - very slow.

To fix it you delete the drive from that menu. I know that sounds
counter-intuitive - but when you reboot MS will say it has found
new hardward, and it should pick up the fact that the drive is now
in DMA mode. If not - you have some other problems - perhaps
cabling or the IDE connector you are on.

At times if you have a problem reading a disk MS will set the drive
from DMA to PIO. But it will not set it back unless you delete it
and then let the system re-find the drive.

Bill

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