DMA Mode and SP1

[Brian]

Hi, I'm having trouble with my HDD runnning in PIO mode
instead of DMA Mode. I have enabled it in BIOS and tried
a few other methods and still no luck. I'm going to refer
to the solution about service pack 1 and DMA at the
follwing link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=kb;en-us;817472. However, I havn't installed SP1
from a CD or anything. The only updates I been getting is
the automatic updates when connected to the internet. I
notice in "currently installed programs" there are alot
of "windows xp hotfixes" located there which say SP1 in
the title. Now, before I get into the editing the
registry I would like to know if you know what hotfix is
the one actually needed before you start this specific
solution.

Thanks.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

If your motherboard is based on an Intel chipset, then the updated UltraDMA
drivers are part of the Intel Application Acelerator software package.

Y.