Re: Primary IDE keeps changing to PIO mode with SP2
From: Star Fleet Admiral Q (Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)_at_(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com)
Date: 09/26/04
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:30:40 -0400
If after completing all the above and nothing changes - ie it keeps going
back to PIO mode, suggest you make a backup, get a new hard drive and
replace the older. It may be approaching failure - go to Maxtor site and
download their diagnostics and give them a try.
-- Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service ************************************************* "qwertymm" <qwertymm@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:T6y5d.138521$Np3.5796200@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... > Every few days my Primary IDE goes from it's regular DMA mode back to PIO. > If I remove it using the device manager, it's back to normal for a while. > I have XP SP2 installed and it's a Maxtor 40 GB 7200 RPM drive connected > to it. I've run scan disk with no error on the disk. Any idea how to stop > it from going back to PIO? > > Thanks >
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