How to get DMA mode for DVD drives ?

BIOS settings, for both the DVD-Writer and the DVD-ROM, are
Ultra DMA mode = 2
PIO mode = 4

In the device manager, the settings for both devices are
Transfer Mode 'DMA if available', but
Current Transfer Mode 'PIO Mode'.

Hints much appreciated.

Config: Win2000 Pro SP4
P4 2.4, 1 GB RAM
DVD-Writer: LG GSA-4160B
DVD-ROM: Toshiba SD-M1612
Both devices on the secondary IDE channel with the
DVD-ROM as master and the writer as slave.

Thank you for listening
________
Andreas

Instead of posting the same question over and over, I suggest you read
the replies to your earlier posts.

APawlik wrote:

> How to get DMA mode for DVD drives ?
>
> BIOS settings, for both the DVD-Writer and the DVD-ROM, are
> Ultra DMA mode = 2
> PIO mode = 4
>
> In the device manager, the settings for both devices are
> Transfer Mode 'DMA if available', but
> Current Transfer Mode 'PIO Mode'.
>
> Hints much appreciated.
>
> Config: Win2000 Pro SP4
> P4 2.4, 1 GB RAM
> DVD-Writer: LG GSA-4160B
> DVD-ROM: Toshiba SD-M1612
> Both devices on the secondary IDE channel with the
> DVD-ROM as master and the writer as slave.
>
> Thank you for listening
> ________
> Andreas

Bob I wrote:
> Instead of posting the same question over and over, I suggest you read
> the replies to your earlier posts.

He is probably one of those newsgroup newbies who expects
e-mailed replies. He might very well not be checking back here
for replies and hence has missed them all - including yours.

>
> APawlik wrote:
>
>
>>How to get DMA mode for DVD drives ?
>>
>>BIOS settings, for both the DVD-Writer and the DVD-ROM, are
>>Ultra DMA mode = 2
>>PIO mode = 4
>>
>>In the device manager, the settings for both devices are
>>Transfer Mode 'DMA if available', but
>>Current Transfer Mode 'PIO Mode'.
>>
>>Hints much appreciated.
>>
>>Config: Win2000 Pro SP4
>>P4 2.4, 1 GB RAM
>>DVD-Writer: LG GSA-4160B
>>DVD-ROM: Toshiba SD-M1612
>>Both devices on the secondary IDE channel with the
>>DVD-ROM as master and the writer as slave.
>>
>>Thank you for listening
>>________
>>Andreas
>
>

I posted this question once, in m.p.w.general, and had zero
replies. I shrewdly concluded it was not the appropriate group
so I posted a second time here. They call that 'over and over' ?

Thank you anyway, I will check if there's a problem with
my newsreader.

AP


> Bob I wrote:
> Instead of posting the same question over and over, I suggest you read
> the replies to your earlier posts.
>
> APawlik wrote:
>
>> How to get DMA mode for DVD drives ?
>>
>> BIOS settings, for both the DVD-Writer and the DVD-ROM, are
>> Ultra DMA mode = 2
>> PIO mode = 4
>>
>> In the device manager, the settings for both devices are
>> Transfer Mode 'DMA if available', but
>> Current Transfer Mode 'PIO Mode'.
>>
>> Hints much appreciated.
>>
>> Config: Win2000 Pro SP4
>> P4 2.4, 1 GB RAM
>> DVD-Writer: LG GSA-4160B
>> DVD-ROM: Toshiba SD-M1612
>> Both devices on the secondary IDE channel with the
>> DVD-ROM as master and the writer as slave.
>>
>> Thank you for listening
>> ________
>> Andreas