Re: Drive shows up as PIO mode only
From: Luis ORTEGA (lortega_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:37:57 GMT
Thanks a lot Wes.
I printed out the articles and will do this first thing on Monday.
I will report back on it.
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> DMA Reverts to PIO
> http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:vxRgd.538$9t2.274@newsfe5-win.ntli.net,
> Luis ORTEGA <lortega@ntlworld.com> hunted and pecked:
> > I'm trying to find out what could be going wrong with my drive setup.
> > I just put together another computer from various parts, all of which
> > worked OK before.
> > But the 30 GB drive on the secondary master will only list as PIO
> > mode in the device manager.
> > I used a QDI mainboard that had previously handled 40 and 60 GB
> > drives in ultra dma modes.
> > I have a 20 GB C drive and a CD drive on the primary controller and
> > both show up as dma drives (ultra dma mode 5 and multi-word dma mode
> > 2)and have only the 30 GB drive as the master on the secondary
> > controller, which I want to use for video, but if it only shows up as
> > a PIO mode drive, I know it won't be able to handle it.
> > It's a windows XP home with SP1 setup and I have not yet installed any
> > software (just built it today) until I get the drive problem worked
> > out. The drive is the only component that I haven't used before since
> > it came from the IT department at my school, but it's a 30 GB maxtor
> > and it's unlikely that any 30 GB drive could be so ancient that it
> > wasn't dma.
> > The motherboard has a VIA chipset and I installed the latest Hyperion
> > drivers just in case that it was the culprit, but that made no
> > difference, and anyway, the other drives on the primary controller
> > were being recognized as ultra dma already.
> > The cable is an 80 pin ultra dma cable.
> > I just can't figure out what could be causing it to see the drive as
> > PIO mode only.
> > I've built many computers before, so I'm not new at this. I tried
> > changing some options in the bios but nothing has made any difference.
> > I have a little 6 GB drive at home that I will bring in to try on the
> > controller on Monday just to check if it's the 30 GB drive at fault,
> > but I would appreciate it if anyone can please give me some advice or
> > suggestions to try.
> > Thanks a lot.
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