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Post by emulatorx on Aug 31, 2005 14:17:16 GMT -5
i've tried everything, for some reason i cannot enable dma for my drive, in the xps gen 5 there is "1" ide channel, to use with 2 drives, my device 0 (dvdrom) is set at dma mode 2, my device 1 ( dvdrw) is set at pio mode, i tried setting it to dma but when i do, it doesnt want to change, when i reboot, i even tried doing it in safe mode, And i tried calling dell and they couldnt do anything either, they had me do some registry settings to try and enable it, but nothing!!, oh and both drives are set to Cable Select btw, any help would be appreciated TIA
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Post by crusier on Aug 31, 2005 18:04:40 GMT -5
Were you doing it via control panel\device manager\IDE ATA ATAPI controllers and using the appropriate primary/secondary advanced settings transfer mode set to DMA if available?
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Post by emulatorx on Aug 31, 2005 19:47:55 GMT -5
yes i definetly tried that first, when i select dma if available, and reboot it stays at pio mode  |
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Post by crusier on Sept 1, 2005 0:39:33 GMT -5
While powered down and having the AC power cable disconnected, switch the drive order via the ide cabling. If you haven't had it in that configuration before xp will redetect them both. I had that issue for a short time on my gen1 but can't recall the details of what got me past it. You might also try setting them manually via the configure jumpers to master and slave (master at the end and slave in the middle).
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Post by emulatorx on Sept 1, 2005 10:40:38 GMT -5
DONE! thanks to you i finally got both drives at dma!!!!, iset jumpers to master /slave and that was it! i love this forum!, helped me with 2 issues with my new xps 5 which by the way is rockin!
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Post by Zefram0911 on Sept 1, 2005 14:24:50 GMT -5
what are the specs?
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Post by emulatorx on Sept 1, 2005 15:03:36 GMT -5
GEN 5 , Pentium D 840 Extreme Edition 3.20ghz dual core/w HT 2mb 800mhz FSB
1gb DDR2 Ram @ 667mhz, 256mb ATI RADEON x850 xt PE PCI express, 20" DELL 2005FPW connected via DVI, Logitech Bluetooth mouse and Keyboard, Wireless WINGMAN with Rumble game pad, 16x dvd-rom, Pioneer DVR-109BK dvdrw,XP HOME SP2, SB AUDIGY 2 ZS, RAID 0 array 148 GB for C: drive( 2x 74gb 10,000rpm SATA HD's) , 250gb SATA II 7,200rpm hd as 2nd storage ,
working quiet well i must say, loving it
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