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hbusa2003
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 13:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have a 120g hdd running windows set to master and i have a 320g hdd set to slave for my storage. when i load files say a movie on the 120 master drive it takes about 12-14 min when i try to do it with the larger 320 it takes about 50-90 for the same movie that took 14 min or so. does anyone know whats wrong?
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ddp
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 15:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
see if the dma is enabled in the ide controllers properties.
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hbusa2003
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 16:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how do i figure that out and what is dma and what will it do if i turn it on/off?
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ddp
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 17:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
goto control panel\system\device manager\ide controller than do properties on it. look to see if dma is enabled which you want not pio. dma is direct memory access
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hbusa2003
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 18:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i dont see dma or pio anywhere when i look in properties of the hdd ide controller properties
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hbusa2003
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_ 		5. July 2006 @ 22:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well i never found those settings but i went into set up and found out thet that hard drive was set to off so i changed it to auto and it works great now
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