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well i was in win2k and am in 2 the cable was the part messing me up

Try changing out the ribon cable i just got a new 60 gig maxtor 7200 and it was stuck in pio mode. Turns out the 80 wire ribon cable that came with it was bad i swaped it out for a 40 wire standard cable and boom dma mode heh try tfering 15 gigs with of data on to a hd stuck in pio mode hahah estimate of 1225000+ minutes doh!!! Any how check that and let me know if it was same for you btw i never got a 80 wire that worked that came with a hd.