Comments on: Getting back to DMA mode in Windows XP

By: Sad HD Tach scores - TechEnclave

Sad HD Tach scores - TechEnclave — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:08:28 +0000

[…] mode maybe, renable DMA. Have a look at this link DMA reverts to PIO | Windows Problem Solver / http://sniptools.com/vault/getting-b…-in-windows-xpto make winxp to redetect the dma capabilities of your drive. Bad cable is one of possible causes […]

By: jaffamuffin

jaffamuffin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:46:19 +0000

None of the above software tricks worked for me. I had to swap my 2 hard disks around from primary to secondary controllers and vice versa. Then it worked nicely.

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By: deonkella

deonkella — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:32:19 +0000

I’m using winxp when i insert my flash drive into my onboard usb port it gives me blue screen of death. What can i do to fix the probem.

By: deon

deon — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:17:12 +0000

I’m using winxp when i insert my flash drive onto my onboard usb port it gives me blue screen of death evertime. What can i do to fix ?

By: Xmike

Xmike — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:34:52 +0000

I tried changing the registry without any results. So I finally deleted my 6.1 nero and install my old version Nero OEM 3 that came with one of my pervious DVD burners. Burns great now. I think they have CW blocking on the latest versions.

By: LNA

LNA — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:56:51 +0000

yeah…

Man…it does work..thanks a lot..
Incredible that even after 3 year, this trick still helping people.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:34:55 +0000

This worked for me - I tried half a dozen other ideas before finding this one, thanks!

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Wed, 02 May 2007 07:18:56 +0000

guys I noticed something: the transfer mode is still (multi-word DMA mode 2) and there is no problem but I checked today the regedit and the same key available before in the same location(MasterIdDataChecksum).

Is this normal or it is a warning that the problem will happen again?

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:53:14 +0000

Solution:
I was in PIO and the simple toggle to PIO then to DMA did not work for my drive. I then deleted MasterIDCheckSum(and slave) and rebooted. This did not work.

Then I saw Post 99 by Simon C-S and I tried

It WORKS:

Updating Driver from Ultra ATA to Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

1. My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager
2. select device Ultra ATA(IDE Controller), chose it’s
Properties -> Driver

Note:
IDE controllers may be listed not only in ‘IDE controllers’
section, but in ‘SCSI and RAID controllers’ or ‘Other devices’.

3. Update Driver -> Next
4. ( ) ….
(*) Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
5. Next
6. ( ) ….
(*) Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install
7. Next
8. Click on Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
9. Next
10. Finish
11. Reboot

Now my 2 harddisks and CD-ROM are in DMA4 and 2 respectively.

Thanks!

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:28:40 +0000

It works!!! Finally my anger is over and my laptop DVD Writer is back on track, writing full DVD in 20 minutes, not 70 minutes!! and also the computer is faster doing other tasks while burning the DVD.

Thanks guys! You are the best.

Regards,

Ahmed