Re: CD Burning Speed
 

*burns the chair on which Aiken sits*

With DMA, burning speed is back to normal! Sorry Slynky, no check for XP! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

Fyron's stealing my lines! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

I noticed that when my computer boots, it says secondary IDE Ultra DMA capable but not enabled.

does this mean that I should check my bios and see if there is a toggle in there?

Just curious, it takes about 6-7 mins for me to burn a CD at 48x and judging from the Posts here it should be faster.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

Anyone know how to turn on DMA in XP?

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Is it not the same as in 2000?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, you definitely need to enable DMA. But, do it from within Windows, not BIOS. XP and 2000 tend to ignore the BIOS at every turn (as all modern OS do).

[ June 16, 2004, 01:43: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

I've never used 2000.

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

I'm running WinXP Home, when I check my IDE devices it says..

transfer mode:DMA if available
(Current Mode:PIO)

there is no option to force DMA, I suspect it's because the BIOS has UDMA Disabled. I don't see how windows would be able to 'bypass' BIOS since BIOS is the very first thing that is loaded.

If any of you know where I should look to togle DMA on in WinXP, please let me know.

,.. I just checked my MB manual and I was wrong, when my computer boots it doesn't say "UDMA capable but not enabled." It says, "S.M.A.R.T Capable but not Enabled." Is this the thing that I should toggle on in my BIOS? Is this what will allow WinXP to use the DMA access for the HD and CD-ROM?

Thanks for any feedback, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

Narf:
Scroll down a few Posts to find the procedure. It is on the first page as of this posting.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Windows, Linux, BSD, etc. all ignore half of the BIOS settings, especially related to IRQs and such, once the OS is booted. It does not bypass it, it just uses its own values for some of the settings once loaded.

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

SMART has nothing to do with DMA. Its a hard drive monitoring tool that is supposed to detect drive failures before they get serious.

Re: CD Burning Speed
 

David, please check if you have the latest MB drivers installed, I've seen such effects on newer mb when no proper chipset drivers were installed.

[ June 16, 2004, 04:37: Message edited by: aiken ]