HAY GUYS

Bredow · Feb 14, 2007, 03:44 AM

I sent my hard drive to WD for an RMA and got a new one, same model. Its a WD800JB-00JJA0. 80 gig HD 7200 rpm 8 mb cache. I cant enable DMA though, its always on PIO. I go into device manager and it is is set on DMA is available, but it stays on PIO. I know the hard drive can do DMA, so what else might need to be done to enable this? it goes so slowly without it...

i really need some help here =(

How ya doing, buddy?

Zergrinch · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 06:45 PM

Under device manager -> IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, uninstall both Primary and Secondary IDE Channels, and restart. Does it work?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Grawl · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 01:37 AM

If not, check this out for more tricks - http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm

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

Zergrinch · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 09:23 AM

But that one's primarily for CDs/DVDs. Guy's having trouble with his hard disk

Anyway, if everything else fails, have your hard disk checked. This might be indicative of impending hard drive failure.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Grawl · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

But that one's primarily for CDs/DVDs. Guy's having trouble with his hard disk

Anyway, if everything else fails, have your hard disk checked. This might be indicative of impending hard drive failure.

I used that with my hard drive, mind you.

I was speaking idiomatically.

BIGWORM · Feb 15, 2007, 06:13 PM

any chance your BIOS is set to auto-detect?

How ya doing, buddy?