DMA mode not available

[Andrew E.]

That setting is in the BIOS,hardware configuration.
One suggestion,go back to intel and get the Application
Accelerator for the chipset.In Accelerator once opened,
you can view the modes,double click on a wrench,and the
adjustments are available,however they're usually set
to max.Get the processor frequency utility also for more
tech,if you have intel processor.
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to troubleshoot super slow XP performance on a
clean install (P4
>1.7 was plenty fast under ME) and everything seems to be
pointing to the
>IDE controller. Following advice here, I found the
latest Intel chipset
>drivers for my particular motherboard, and the driver
date is now 2002
>instead of the standard 2001 MS drivers.
>
>However, in trying to follow other troubleshooting
advice, I see that there
>is no advanced settings tab for my IDE controller. All I
have is General,
>Driver, and Resources. As far as I can see, there is no
place to even
>verify DMA mode in the controller or hard drive
properties in device
>manager.
>
>How can I verify DMA mode is being used and if necessary
change it from PIO
>to DMA?
>
>Thanks.
>.
>