enabing DMA on DVD-ROM drive

[b]

i have recently upgraded to windows 2000 and my DVD player
will not work. i have installed the decoders that came
from Dell. it will play CD's and CD-ROM's but not DVD's.
it keeps telling me that my Toshiba SD-C2612 is not
configured for DMA. how do i set up my drive to play
DVD's in windows 2000?

thanks,
b

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hello,

1. Click Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

2. Click System Tools, and then click Device Manager.

3. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.

4. Click the specific controller for which you want to configure
DMA

5. Click the Advanced Settings tab.

6. In the Transfer Mode box, click either PIO Only or DMA if available.

**********Windows 2000 requires the following items for DVD video
playback:**********

- DVD-ROM drive: can be an IDE or a SCSI drive.
- DVD decoder - can be either a hardware decoder (physical card in the
computer) or a software decoder (usually some type of DVD player tool).
- Video card/video card driver that supports DirectShow and Macrovision
copy protection.
- Sound card.
- DVD player tool - Windows 2000 places a shortcut to a basic DVD video
player on the Start menu when a supported decoder is detected.

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications