sidewalk 0 Posted April 6, 2000 My computer... athlon 550 fic sd11 mb w/ bios nc608 64 mb ram 27.2 gb 5400 rpm Maxtor hd running win2k For some reason win2k won't use dma mode on my hd, even though it does support it. I already checked "use dma if available" but it keeps using PIO. Sucks, uses all my processor and only gets 3 mb/s of throughput. Please list any suggestions you may have. Share this post Link to post
YuppieScum 0 Posted April 6, 2000 Pretty obvious I know, but have you checked a) The IDE channel is set up for DMA in the BIOS The drive itself supports DMA Share this post Link to post
sidewalk 0 Posted April 6, 2000 Bios is set up right, and the drive does support udma. Share this post Link to post
YuppieScum 0 Posted April 6, 2000 Um...OK. How about checking the cable itself...and is there another non-UDMA device on the same IDE channel? Also, does W2K have drivers for the mobo/UDMA? Share this post Link to post
tylau 0 Posted April 7, 2000 FIC SD11 is known for it incompatibility with Maxtor UDMA66 HDD, the solution seems to be lies in using old DMA33 cable (to settle for less, better than nothing at all) or to claim an RMA with maxtor to replace the HDD at their discretion. Share this post Link to post
