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>>>Rick wrote:
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>>>>>>>I let a trialware version of PowerDVD enable DMA for my CD burner.
>>>>>>>Since then I can no longer burn CDs. I have managed to disable
>>>>>>>DMA system wide, but I would much rather figure out how to do it
>>>>>>>for just the CD burner. Any tips would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I did a KB search, but
>>>>>>> "Windows 2000" "disable DMA"
>>>>>>>returns nothing while
>>>>>>> "Windows 2000" disable DMA
>>>>>>>returns so much garbage that I probably missed something relevant
>>>>>>>while scanning over the search results.
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>>>>>>If you really want to do this, go into Control Panel/System/
>>>>>>Hardware/Device Manager and look under the primary and
>>>>>>secondary channels of the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
>>>>>>entry. Set the device to "PIO Only" and leave the others at
>>>>>>"DMA if available".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By the way, disabling DMA transfers is a really bad idea.
>>>>>>If for some strange reason your CD burner isn't compatible
>>>>>>with them you should replace it with one that is.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>For some reason, DMA worked fine with my drive with NT4
>>>>>for both reading and writing, but with W2K it only works
>>>>>with reading. The drive is a Sony CRX 140E.
>>>>>The eventual plan is to replace it with a DVD burner, but
>>>>>I keep finding other things I'd rather spend the money on.
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>>>>If your system has a Via chipset make sure you've updated
>>>>to the latest "4 in 1" drivers.
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>>>nForce2, actually.
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>>>>There's no reason a Sony 140E shouldn't work using DMA
>>>>transfers. Check your cabling (try a different cable, or upgrade
>>>>to a better quality/80-pin cable if using one of the higher DMA
>>>>modes).
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>>>Tried it last night, didn't make a difference.
>>>I'll just have to live with booting NT4 to burn CDs
>>>until I get around to upgrading to a DVD burner.
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>>I was overdue for a clean up, so I wiped my boot/system
>>partition and reinstalled everything from scratch.
>>Before installing SP4 I saved an image onto a CD - so
>>I know I was fine with SP2. As soon as I installed
>>SP4 I could no longer burn CDs anymore. So perhaps the
>>problem isn't DMA, but instead just SP4 and/or my old
>>Adaptec software.
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> Adaptec? You aren't loading ASPI32, are you?
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I eventually plan to do so, but I haven't done it yet.
The CD ripper I use (Exact Audio Copy) requires it, but
I haven't installed either EAC or ASPI32 yet.
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