UDMA Not Working

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Casey

Ultra DMA is no longer working on my system. When I try
to enable UDMA in my BIOS, my PC won't boot. I know that
my hard drive supports DMA, but it will not allow me to
change it via the Device Manager. Any help would be
appreciated.

-Casey-

Windows XP SP1
P4 2.6 ghz
256 MB DDR RAM
Dell Dimension 8300
Hard Drive, 60G, IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics),
7.2K, 60G/P, HIT-VAN2
 
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Rich Barry

Casey, if you are using a intel chipset maybe there's updated IDE drivers
at Intel's website.
 
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Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)

I have found that if I disable some, seemingly unassociated, items in my
bios (on-board modem for instance), my drive support drops to Pio 4 mode.

The thing is, the onboard modem is not physically on my M/B. Yet, I must
leave the setting enabled - or else!

So, check the settings of your hardware in the bios.
 

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