Re: Impossible to enable DMA- Tried Everything.
- From: "Muttley" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:03:01 GMT
"Steve" <Steve@.> wrote in message
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> iGoR wrote:
>
>> Try the CD-R on cable select and the DVDRW as master. I have run into
>> a
>>similar problem before
>
> Just tried this suggestion and the Current Transfer Mode still is
> listed as "Not Applicable" in the Secondary IDE Channel.
>
> Thanks for any help -
>>
>>"Steve" <Steve@.> wrote in message
>>news:8p53k192m42ptjo8bqso1b399te9itbm97@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Used a drive from another build with the same Asus P5WD2 Motherboard
>>> and can't get Windows to enable DMA transfer. Am only mentioning that
>>> because when Windows first booted, both of my optical drives were not
>>> listed in Explorer.
>>>
>>> In Device Manager>Secondary IDE Channel>Advanced Settings, this is what
>>> it looks like:
>>>
>>> Device Type: Auto Detection
>>> Transfer Mode: DMA If Available
>>> Current Transfer Mode: Not Applicable
>>>
>>> Why is it reporting "Not Applicable" in both Secondary Channels if I am
>>> able to burn CDs and DVDs?
>>>
>>> The CDs are burning at a normal rate but a ~4.37 GB DVD is taking about
>>> 40 minutes to burn. I have tried practically everything in the book:
>>>
>>> Uninstalled the Drivers
>>> Deleted both burners with the Device Manager
>>> Changed the existing round cable to ribbon
>>> Changed the ribbon back to round cable
>>> Checked the BIOS and both Burners are recognized
>>> BIOS Settings for these drives have the default setting of Auto
>>>
>>> Haven't attempted the registry fix yet in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \
>>> CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Class \ {4D36E96A-E325-11CEBFC1-
>>> 08002BE10318} because the guide was written before WinXP was released
>>> and values are listed differently in the registry.
>>> "MasterIdDataChecksum" is not listed.
>>>
>>> "if the troublesome drive is the master, delete the
>>> "MasterIdDataChecksum" named value. Or, if the troublesome drive is the
>>> slave, delete the "SlaveIdDataChecksum" named value. Reboot. The OS
>>> will redetect the device DMA capabilities after reboot.Note that for
>>> many older CD-ROM drives DMA can not be enabled in Windows"
>>>
>>> And to add more icing on this Cake; Both drives will not boot from CD -
>>> My boot sequence is listed as: Floppy, CD, DVD. The DVD-R drive is set
>>> as Master and CD-R as Slave. I've been fighting with this DMA issue for
>>> the past two days and rebooted the computer too many times to remember-
>>> Please help, I'm going nutZ.
>>>
>>> INTEL P4 630
>>> Asus P5WD2 Premium
>>> VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M RTL
>>> CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400)
>>> ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks -
Check my guess for duplicate post in alt.comp.hardware
Cheers,
John S.
.
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