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ide channel help
Posted:
Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:01 pmby 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?
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:14 pmby Hellstorm
check your cable.
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:41 pmby 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.
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:12 pmby 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.
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:27 pmby mac
just for the hell of it i reinstalled one more time. damn thing works now.
thanks for the help
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:15 pmby mac
or not
another restart and it flipped back out of dma.
Re: ide channel help
Posted:
Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:53 pmby Major Tom
Welcome to Plug and Pray
Make sure drive is jumper set to master and not CS or cable select.