DMA for laptop CD/DVD-RW

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Windows xp Pro (SP-3 and all updates applied)
Dell Inspiron B130 Celeron 1.5 GHz w/ Samsung SN-S082D CD/DVD-RW
Nero 7

How can I reset xp to use DMA for the drive?

Previously, Nero burned at the true rate (8x) now, even though Nero says it
will use 8x it is actually 1.2x Obviously, 53-minutes to burn a data or
video DVD is crap.

IDE controller Advanced Tab......
Device 0 says Ultra DMA Mode 5
Device 1 says DMA * if available* (current mode - PIO Mode)

Thanks
 
One thing that seems odd. The location shown for the DVD-RW in device
manager is "Location 1 (1)"

Does the second (1) show some redundancy or irregularity?

Thanks
 
xp-pro said:
Windows xp Pro (SP-3 and all updates applied)
Dell Inspiron B130 Celeron 1.5 GHz w/ Samsung SN-S082D CD/DVD-RW
Nero 7

How can I reset xp to use DMA for the drive?

Previously, Nero burned at the true rate (8x) now, even though Nero says it
will use 8x it is actually 1.2x Obviously, 53-minutes to burn a data or
video DVD is crap.

IDE controller Advanced Tab......
Device 0 says Ultra DMA Mode 5
Device 1 says DMA * if available* (current mode - PIO Mode)

Thanks
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Just delete the controller in the device manager
then reboot and let it reinstall
 
xp-pro said:
Windows xp Pro (SP-3 and all updates applied)
Dell Inspiron B130 Celeron 1.5 GHz w/ Samsung SN-S082D CD/DVD-RW
Nero 7

How can I reset xp to use DMA for the drive?

Previously, Nero burned at the true rate (8x) now, even though Nero says
it
will use 8x it is actually 1.2x Obviously, 53-minutes to burn a data or
video DVD is crap.

IDE controller Advanced Tab......
Device 0 says Ultra DMA Mode 5
Device 1 says DMA * if available* (current mode - PIO Mode)
Click to expand...

MVP Hans-Georg Michna has information about DMA and how to reset it:

http://winhlp.com/?q=node/10

Malke
 
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