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Old 2006-03-16, 07:56 AM
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Re: DVD drive slow as molasses all of a sudden

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Originally Posted by AAR.oner

so if Device 1 on my Primary IDE channel is set to "DMA if available" but still in "PIO Mode" how do i change it?
Every computer is set up differently. So on some machines your CD/DVD drive could be connected to your primary IDE channel, and sometimes it could be connected to your secondary.

You question is the exact problem I had. I set it to DMA if available, rebooted and it stayed in PIO. To get it back into DMA, I figured out that you can actually delete the device (Win XP SP2), and then when Windows reboots it will automically re-install the device with the proper mode. (DMA) Try that.
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