DMA

[Isaac Amarel]

How do I check if my Hard drives and CD/DVD drives are using DMA,UDMA or PIO
and how do I make a change.
There is no "Advanced" tab in Device manager/IDE ATA.ATAPI
controllers/Primary (or secondary) IDE channel/ Properties.
The solution given in the literature is valid only when an "Advanced" tab is
present in "Properties"

I am using WindowsXP Home SP2.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You will not see the Advanced Settings section if your hardware does not
support it

 

[Isaac Amarel]

Thank you. But I know that my IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in the motherboard
the hard disks and the CD/DVD disks support the DMA... settings.
All I want to know is how to check and change them.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

If you are using an Intel Motherboard and have installed the Intel
Application Accelerator, then the advanced tab will be unavailable. You
will have to go to Start>All Programs and run Intel Application Accelerator
to see the status of your drive.

Bobby

 

[Isaac Amarel]

Thank you . As you wrote I found the data in the Application Accelerator.

 

[Alex Nichol]

How do I check if my Hard drives and CD/DVD drives are using DMA,UDMA or PIO
and how do I make a change.
There is no "Advanced" tab in Device manager/IDE ATA.ATAPI
controllers/Primary (or secondary) IDE channel/ Properties.
The solution given in the literature is valid only when an "Advanced" tab is
present in "Properties"

In that case you will be using some other makers drivers (check
Properties - Driver of the master item in Dev Man and see who Provider
is). Quite possibly VIA (4 in 1 drivers) or Intel (Application
Accelerator). Those will assume that if the device reports as a UDMA
one then that is what is wanted.

 

[Isaac Amarel]

Thank you all .I found the data in the Intel Application Accelerator