'Advanced Setting' tab missing under IDE controller properties! he

From: Max (Max_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:01:05 -0700

I bought a new DVD burner (LG 4160B) and when I was burning a DVD Nero (Nero
Express 6) said that I don't have DMA enabled and that I should enable it for
better performance.

I found that to enable it you:
-Open DEVICE MANAGER
-Click on the plus (+) sign beside IDE ATA/ATAPI CONTROLLERS.
-Right click on the appropriate IDE channel (Primary or Secondary).
-Select PROPERTIES from the pop-up menu.
-Select the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab.
-Set the "Transfer Mode" to "DMA if available"

BUT I DON"T HAVE 'Advanced Setting' in my properties window for the IDE
channel!!!!!!!!!

my system specs are:
- P4 2.0Ghz 400FSB
- 845E chipset (ABIT BD7II motherboard (which says it supports UDMA)
- I have 2 HD connected to the primary IDE channel
- I have my DVD writer and a CD writer connected to my secondary IDE channel
(DVD writer is slave)

- I have the latest chipset drivers and Intel Application Accelerator
installed
- I have the latest BIOS version installed

- I ran MaxBlast 3 (A hard-drive diagnostics tool from Maxtor) and it said
that my hard-drives are running at Ultra DMA 5.

WHY DO I NOT HAVE THE ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB in device manager???????...and
how can i get it to appear so I can set my drive to DMA

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