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03-17-2006, 08:38 PM
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DVD Burner DMA Setting
Hope someone can help. Just installed a 16X DVD Rewritable. The manual states the interface is E_IDE, PIO MODE 4, ATAPI, UDMA66. It is set as Master on the secondary ide. Which it tells you to. My question is when I checked the properties in my sytem it says Multi-word DMA Mode 2. How do I change this or is it just an update or is it set properly? I don't understand this part of it. It is freezing a bit when cd's are put in.
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03-17-2006, 10:08 PM
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DMA mode 2 is correct for a DVD drive.
From my experience,windows xp is a bit slow at detecting and autoplaying CD's and DVD's,if that is what your are refering to. Are you having any other problems with it?
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@ cher2
Welcome to TSF  Your DVD-RW drive should be in 'Ultra DMA Mode 2' not 'Multi-word DMA Mode 2'. They are different performance levels. To check to make sure your DMA is enabled, go 'control panel>system>hardware>device manager' under "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, double click on 'Secondary IDE...>settings'(whichever is the channel your DVD-RW resides on) and see if the 'current transfer rate' is 'Ultra DMA Mode 2'. If it is not, then right click on 'Secondary IDE channel' or whatever channel the drive is on, and choose 'uninstall', then reboot your computer. Windows will redetect your drive and reinstall your drivers. Hopefully it will restore the DMA level that is appropriate. Go back and check. Keep us posted with your progress
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03-18-2006, 12:15 PM
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DMA Setting
Unistalled Secondary, rebooted and multi-word come back. Just had the machine reformatted and in the midst of putting all programs back on. Haven't been on-line yet to do updates. Do I need updates for this to change? Do I have to load new drivers ? DMA is enabled on the system. Sometimes the system freezes..........
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03-18-2006, 03:46 PM
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@ cher2
Updates and SP2 should help...
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