maranoblet
02-10-2007, 01:17 PM
Hi I have a problem with a Sony DVD-RW drive. It is reading media far too slow. Installing some software titles is taking more than an hour and I am unable to play dvd movies as the frame rate is too jerky. I have replaced the IDE cable with no effect and have tested the drive on another system and the drive works fine.
I have been told that I might need to enable DMA mode but when I checked, it is set to "DMA mode when available" and checking on the bios the primary channel is set to auto. Checking in the device manager I have 3 primary channels and 3 secondary channels all set to DMA when available. Should these be duplicated? I have re-installed the drivers but it still installs 3 channels for both primary and secondary channels, Is this a problem?
My Hard drive is connected via SATA 2, Motherboard is an MSI P695 and I am running on XP Pro.
Anybody got any ideas? Any help would be appriciated
I have been told that I might need to enable DMA mode but when I checked, it is set to "DMA mode when available" and checking on the bios the primary channel is set to auto. Checking in the device manager I have 3 primary channels and 3 secondary channels all set to DMA when available. Should these be duplicated? I have re-installed the drivers but it still installs 3 channels for both primary and secondary channels, Is this a problem?
My Hard drive is connected via SATA 2, Motherboard is an MSI P695 and I am running on XP Pro.
Anybody got any ideas? Any help would be appriciated