June 16th, 2004, 02:40 AM
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Re: CD Burning Speed
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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Anyone know how to turn on DMA in XP?
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Is it not the same as in 2000?
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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
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?
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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 ] |