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Zergrinch · Local time: Mar 7, 2007, 09:04 AM

His DVD probably went back to PIO mode, after failing to read the DVD he bought. Fixing it is a simple matter of deleting the Secondary IDE Channel from Device Manager, and rebooting.

To confirm, please do the following:

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware Tab -> Device Manager -> expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> double-click Secondary IDE Channel.

Averius, post a screenshot of, or tell us what is contained in, the "Advanced Settings" tab?

How ya doing, buddy?

Zergrinch · 07:54 AM

Delete the primary IDE channel and reboot. Recheck as needed. PIO mode is hellishly slow and tends to freeze up your computer a lot.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Zergrinch · Local time: Mar 9, 2007, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by LiquidAcid

Wrong. If that happens you've got a serious hardware problem. PIO mode should never freeze a system. In fact it is more reliable because you don't depend on the DMA controller.

I disagree. PIO mode results in much higher cpu utilization when in use, and in my book, "freezes" the system

Averius: Don't put the DVD that regressed your drive to PIO mode, and you should be fine! Make sure it stays in DMA mode.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Zergrinch · Local time: Mar 9, 2007, 07:01 PM

@Averius: Good luck in Iraq mate. Stay safe.

@LiquidAcid: Jerky, slow, sluggish, unresponsive. I suppose I could use a better synonym than "freeze", but it's just semantics. It's what popped into my head when I wrote it. Oh well, as long as I'm understood by an English speaker

Regarding why this happens, it's because that's how Microsoft implemented it. Get 6 consecutive CRC errors, and Windows downgrades it, all the way from Ultra DMA 2 to PIO mode. Read all about it here. Don't think Win2k is immune to this, as WinXP IS based on Windows New Technology architecture!

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