Re: Can't Enable DMA for IDE Channel on New M'Board
From: Paul Woodsford (paul.woodsford****NOSPAMPLEASE****_at_***NOSPAM***virgin.***NOSPAM***net)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:10:05 -0000
Have you installed the Intel Application Accelerator from your Gigabyte
Software CD.
If so, uninstall it,reboot and you will now be able to re-enable DMA.
If XP has any faults on the IDE bus it downgrades from DMA to PIO.
By the way I found my PC is faster without the Intel software.
You can always re-install it after you have made the change.
-- Paul Woodsford Remove ****NOSPAMPLEASE**** to Reply "Michael Kilpatrick" <mkilpatr(at)optusnet(dot)com(dot)au> wrote in message news:eMvq4Of$DHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... : I had to replace my old mobo because a couple of the pci slots stopped : working. : : Bought a Gigabyte GA-7S748 - running Athlon 1800 XP and did a clean install : of Win XP. : : I have a Seagate 80 Gb ST380011A as the C drive and a Western Digital 30 Gb : 300BB as a D drive for backup etc. : : Also have a Lite On DVD reader and Lite On CD burner. : : On the old mobo (very cheap Jetway) I had the Seagate HD as the prim master, : DVD reader as prim slave, CD burner as sec master, WD HD as sec slave. : : Both hard drives used to default to DMA access and speed of transferring : files between them was very high. : : I have tried them on the new mobo set up as above, and now with both HD's on : the primary IDE channel, both optical drives on the secondary IDE channel. : : Either way, file transfer between the 2 hard drives is unbelievably slow and : I notice that in the IDE channel properties, both are set to "DMA if : Available" but with : "Current Transfer Mode" set to "PIO". I can't select DMA - it's not there : as an option. : : I'm using the same cables (80 conductor) that I was previously, I have : installed all the drivers for the Gigabyte mobo and have tried various : combinations in the BIOS. Nothing makes any difference (default is Auto : Detect). I have also downloaded and installed all the Windows updates. : : Is this likely to be the cause of my sluggish hard drive performance. Is : there anything I can do to fix it. : : I have done a search on the Gigabyte website but can't find anything that : seems relevant. : : Thanks for any info : : Michael : : --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.598 / Virus Database: 380 - Release Date: 28/02/2004
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