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In control panel/device manager/ ide ata/atapi My primary IDE channel
shows that I am using "PIO mode" for both device 0 and 1, rather than DMA.
I have "DMA if available" selected. My secondary IDE channel uses DMA for
device 0 and 1. My harddrive is on the primary channel, shouldn't my
harddrive be using DMA? If so, how do I set this up; I have searched for a
chipset driver with no luck. It is a motherboard approx 4 years old- ECS
k7S5A ver.1. Athlon 1.4G winxp pro sp2 Thanks for any help.
 
til said:
In control panel/device manager/ ide ata/atapi My primary IDE channel
shows that I am using "PIO mode" for both device 0 and 1, rather than DMA.
I have "DMA if available" selected. My secondary IDE channel uses DMA for
device 0 and 1. My harddrive is on the primary channel, shouldn't my
harddrive be using DMA? If so, how do I set this up; I have searched for
a chipset driver with no luck. It is a motherboard approx 4 years old-
ECS k7S5A ver.1. Athlon 1.4G winxp pro sp2 Thanks for any help.
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k7S5A ver.1. chipset drivers
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downlo...iver&DetailDesc=K7S5A+(1.0)&MenuID=35&LanID=0


rgds
Roberto
 
til said:
I downloaded the AGP VxD driver, if I run this will this affect my DMA?
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Concentrate on you initial problem [DMA] D/L and install the chipset
drivers before doing anything else.

rgds
Roberto
 
til said:
In control panel/device manager/ ide ata/atapi My primary IDE
channel shows that I am using "PIO mode" for both device 0 and 1,
rather than DMA. I have "DMA if available" selected. My secondary
IDE channel uses DMA for device 0 and 1. My harddrive is on the
primary channel, shouldn't my harddrive be using DMA? If so, how do
I set this up; I have searched for a chipset driver with no luck. It
is a motherboard approx 4 years old- ECS k7S5A ver.1. Athlon 1.4G
winxp pro sp2 Thanks for any help.
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http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
 
After checking my bios, installing the available driver updates,
uninstalling the drivers for primary and secondary channels, and reading the
information on: http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm it looks like I
probably have some hardware defect that is causing my primary IDE channel to
stay in PIO mode. It looks like I will have to live with it for a while.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
Here's one more: Make sure you have an 80-connector data cable on the primary
channel.

Sometimes that's all it takes to break the spell.

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Hope this helps,
Newt
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| After checking my bios, installing the available driver updates,
| uninstalling the drivers for primary and secondary channels, and reading the
| information on: http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm it looks like I
| probably have some hardware defect that is causing my primary IDE channel to
| stay in PIO mode. It looks like I will have to live with it for a while.
| Thanks for all the suggestions.
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