frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 It should not stay PIO. I understand this but I dont know exactly what I am supposed to do after that "DMA if available" was already selected. this is how it looks, i doubt it'll help but I'm lost. Device 0 Transfer Mode: DMA if available Current Transfer Mode: PIO Mode Device 1 Transfer Mode: DMA if available Current Transfer Mode: Not Applicable
Cynthia Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 What happens if you reboot the computer - will it then show Current Transfer Mode: DMA Mode.
Cynthia Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Still stuck in PIO mode: If you find that you cannot get your drives out of PIO Mode the first thing to try is uninstalling the IDE Channel in device manager, close the IDE Channel Properties box and in Device manager click on the IDE Channel to highlight it then click the uninstall icon at the top (computer icon with red X). Once it is removed reboot your computer, Windows will then reinstall the IDE Channel and once it
frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 Still stuck in PIO mode: If you find that you cannot get your drives out of PIO Mode the first thing to try is uninstalling the IDE Channel in device manager, close the IDE Channel Properties box and in Device manager click on the IDE Channel to highlight it then click the uninstall icon at the top (computer icon with red X). Once it is removed reboot your computer, Windows will then reinstall the IDE Channel and once it
Cynthia Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Did you try to uninstall the IDE Channel in the device manage?
frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 Yes that is what I did...and what I posted is what my drives said after I had done that.
Cynthia Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Do you know the model of your mother board? I guess you need to check in the BIOS to see if there is any 'odd' setting. You can use this program to find out your model. http://www.gtopala.com/
frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 okay which category is it under? Duh Me Property Value Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp. Model 0CF458 Serial Number ..CN708215AF0429. North Bridge Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P Revision A2 South Bridge Intel 82801EB (ICH5) Revision A2 CPU Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.53GHz Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA System Slots 3 PCI Memory Summary Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes Memory Slots 2 Error Correction None Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed
frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 Hardware -> Motherboard i posted it already, my mistake i leaped before i looked. ha
Cynthia Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 As it is a Dell computer - you might wanna post in the Dell support forum about your issue on how to get it to DMA mode. I think that the people that do the support in that forum knows better how you fix it. I never had a Dell computer. http://en.community.dell.com/forums/3534.aspx http://winhlp.com/node/10
frostylv13 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 okay well thank you for all your help thus far.
mmalves Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Download and install this Intel Chipset Driver, then reboot when asked. It should help with your problem.
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