ide channel help

[mac]

my cd burner wont use dma.  i have tried everything i can think of.  updated bios for drive, changed drivers for the controller and uninstalled and reinstalled.  it is a philips 4012. 
anyone have thoughts?

[Hellstorm]

check your cable.

[Major Tom]

Is a program complaining it isn't on?
What channel do you have the drive on - primary or secondary?

Keep in mind a cd-rw drive normally can't be on same channel as your main hard drive (if your drive is ata) and best to be primary on the secondary channel.

[mac]

it is set as primary on the secondary channel now.  when i updated the bios it worked but then for some unknown reason it turned off again.  i have gotten it to work before when i uninstalled and reinstalled the ide controller.  freaking drive is screwy i guess.

[mac]

just for the hell of it i reinstalled one more time.  damn thing works now.
thanks for the help

[mac]

or not
another restart and it flipped back out of dma.

[Major Tom]

Welcome to Plug and Pray 
Make sure drive is jumper set to master and not CS or cable select.