How do I enable DMA

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I have a Dimension 8400 with 2*200meg drives in it.
The first drive DMA is enabled but the second is not. I have looked all
over for a solution but have'nt been able to find one. I am running XP
Pro SP2
 
ricardo said:
I have a Dimension 8400 with 2*200meg drives in it.
The first drive DMA is enabled but the second is not. I have looked
all over for a solution but have'nt been able to find one. I am
running XP Pro SP2
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Uninstall it through device manager,then reinstall it through add/remove
hardware or a simple reboot.
 
ricardo said:
I have a Dimension 8400 with 2*200meg drives in it.
The first drive DMA is enabled but the second is not. I have looked
all over for a solution but have'nt been able to find one. I am
running XP Pro SP2
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Here is a link to a page by MVP Hans-Georg Michna explaining how to
reset DMA:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

If the drive continues to use PIO after you've followed Mr. Michna's
advice, then either the drive or the motherboard is bad.

Malke
 
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