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mcfly982
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_ 		13. October 2004 @ 13:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've been using my old windows 98SE computer with a DVD-RW and a DVD Drive for some time now with DMA active on both drives.

I recently got a Dell 8400 and there seems to be nothing I can do to get the Slave drive to enter DMA mode. No matter which drive I put as the slave, it stays as PIO. I have tried to un/reinstall the IDE driver, the registry edit, switching the drives from CS, MA/SL... The Master drive enters DMA all the time, it's ONLY the slave drive I am having problems with. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Alex.

My System:
3.0GHz P4
512MB DDR2 RAM @533MHz
80GB serial ATA HDD
Intel 925X Express
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mcfly982
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_ 		13. October 2004 @ 13:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, I figured it out.

For anyone with the same computer and problem in the future...

I uninstalled the drive from device manager, rebooted, and set all the defaults in bios. The rest was up to the comp.

Thanks anyway.
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